Osculatrix
Definition & Meaning
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Osculatrix is a noun meaning (geometry) 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.
Meaning
(geometry) 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.
Word Forms
- osculatrices
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include quadratrix, osculant, osculator, curve, costructure, sigmoidal.
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