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Definition of Osculatory circle

Osculatory circle
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.

Meaning of Osculatory circle from wikipedia

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- Poncelet's solution to the problem of Apollonius Boyd, DW (1973). "The osculatory ****ng of a three-dimensional sphere". Canadian Journal of Mathematics...
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