Bible Dictionaries
Osculation

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(n.) The act of kissing; a kiss.

(2):

(n.) 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.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Osculation'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​o/osculation.html. 1828.