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Osculation

noun
1.
(mathematics) a contact of two curves (or two surfaces) at which they have a common tangent.
2.
The act of caressing with the lips (or an instance thereof).  Synonyms: buss, kiss.





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"Osculation" Quotes from Famous Books



... named Prof. Bridger has been infringing my copyright by proclaiming, as an original discovery, that kissing is an excellent tonic and will cure dyspepsia. When the o'erbusy bacteriologists first announced that osculation was a dangerous pastime, that divers and sundry varieties of bacteria hopped blithely back and forth engendering disease and death, I undertook a series of experiments solely in the interest of science. ...
— Volume 1 of Brann The Iconoclast • William Cowper Brann


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