2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Osculatory  \Os"cu*la*to*ry\,  a. 
  1.  Of  or  pertaining  to  kissing;  kissing.  ``The  osculatory 
  ceremony.''  --Thackeray. 
 
  2.  (Geom.)  Pertaining  to  or  having  the  properties  of  an 
  osculatrix;  capable  of  osculation;  as  a  circle  may  be 
  osculatory  with  a  curve,  at  a  given  point. 
 
  {Osculatory  circle}.  (Geom.)  See  {Osculating  circle  of  a 
  curve},  under  {Circle}. 
 
  {Osculatory  plane}  (to  a  curve  of  double  curvature),  a  plane 
  which  passes  through  three  successive  points  of  the  curve. 
 
 
  {Osculatory  sphere}  (to  a  line  of  double  curvature),  a  sphere 
  passing  through  four  consecutive  points  of  the  curve. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Osculatory  \Os"cu*la*to*ry\,  n.  [LL.  osculatorium  See 
  {Osculate}.]  (R.  C.  Ch.) 
  Same  as  {Pax},  2. 

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