a. 接吻的, 密切接触的

Osculatory \Os"cu*la*to*ry\, n. [LL. osculatorium. See
{Osculate}.] (R. C. Ch.)
Same as {Pax}, 2.


Osculatory \Os"cu*la*to*ry\, a.
1. Of or pertaining to kissing; kissing. ``The osculatory
ceremony.'' --Thackeray.

2. (Geom.) Pertaining to, or having the properties of, an
osculatrix; capable of osculation; as, a circle may be
osculatory with a curve, at a given point.

{Osculatory circle}. (Geom.) See {Osculating circle of a
curve}, under {Circle}.

{Osculatory plane} (to a curve of double curvature), a plane
which passes through three successive points of the curve.


{Osculatory sphere} (to a line of double curvature), a sphere
passing through four consecutive points of the curve.