Osculation

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1. Noun

The act of kissing; a kiss.

2. Noun

The contact of one curve with another, when the number of consecutive points of the latter through which the former passes suffices for the complete determination of the former curve.

3. Noun

(mathematics) a contact of two curves (or two surfaces) at which they have a common tangent
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