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osculatrix

osculatrix noun: a curve whose contact with a given curve at a given point is of a higher order (or involves the equality of a greater number of successive differential coefficients of the ordinates of the curves taken at that point) than that of any other curve of the same kind.

Noun

osculatrix (plural osculatrices)

  1. A curve whose contact with a given curve at a given point is of a higher order (or involves the equality of a greater number of successive differential coefficients of the ordinates of the curves taken at that point) than that of any other curve of the same kind.

Forms of osculatrix

pluralosculatrices

Origin of osculatrix

From New Latin osculātrīx (literally “female kisser”), from Latin osculor (“to kiss”) + -trīx.

Questions about osculatrix

What does osculatrix mean?
Osculatrix means a curve whose contact with a given curve at a given point is of a higher order (or involves the equality of a greater number of successive differential coefficients of the ordinates of the curves taken at that point) than that of any other curve of the same kind.
What part of speech is osculatrix?
Osculatrix is a noun.
What is the plural of osculatrix?
The plural of osculatrix is osculatrices.

Words near osculatrix in the dictionary

  1. osculator
  2. osculatories
  3. osculators
  4. osculatory
  5. osculatrices
  6. osculatrix
  7. oscule
  8. oscules
  9. osculometer
  10. osculometers
  11. osculum

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