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hyperosculate

hyperosculate verb: to osculate at multiple points.

Verb

hyperosculate (third-person singular simple present hyperosculates, present participle hyperosculating, simple past and past participle hyperosculated)

  1. To osculate at multiple points.
    • A hyperosculating point is one where the tangent space meets with order higher than normal.

Forms of hyperosculate

third-person singular presenthyperosculates
present participlehyperosculating
past participlehyperosculated
pasthyperosculated

Origin of hyperosculate

From hyper- + osculate.

Questions about hyperosculate

What does hyperosculate mean?
Hyperosculate means to osculate at multiple points.
What part of speech is hyperosculate?
Hyperosculate is a verb.
What is the past tense of hyperosculate?
The past tense of hyperosculate is hyperosculated.

Words near hyperosculate in the dictionary

  1. hyperornithinemia
  2. hyperorthodox
  3. hyperorthodoxy
  4. hyperorthokeratosis
  5. hyperorthokeratotic
  6. hyperosculate
  7. hyperosculated
  8. hyperosculates
  9. hyperosculating
  10. hyperoside
  11. hyperosmia

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