(osculate)
111osculometer — ˌäskyəˈläməd.ə(r) noun Etymology: oscul (from osculate) + o + meter : a graduated series of circular arcs for determining by superposition the curvature at any point on a curve; also : an instrument used for a similar purpose …
112su|per|os|cu|late — «SOO puhr OS kyuh layt», transitive verb, lat|ed, lat|ing. Geometry. to osculate at more consecutive points than usually suffice to determine the locus …
