OSCULATING CIRCLE Definition & Meaning

osculating circle

noun

Mathematics.

circle of curvature.

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of osculating circle¹

First recorded in 1810–20

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For the osculating circle at any point includes the whole of the curve which lies beyond; and the successive convolutions envelop one another without intersection.

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