osculatrix

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Noun

1. {{lb|en|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]] [[coefficient]]s of the [[ordinate]]s of the curves taken at that point) than that of any other curve of the same kind.

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