osculant

a. 固着的, 接吻的, 中间型的

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词形变化

osculants 复数 osculants

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The point at which two tangent curves touch.

    数学
  2. 2.

    The condition that the solution to a set of simultaneous quantics, is also the solution of the corresponding set of tangential quantics.

    数学
  3. 3.

    a form of tacinvariant of hypersurfaces that have a point in common

    数学
adj.
  1. 1.

    Kissing; hence, touching or meeting; clinging.

  2. 2.

    Adhering closely; applied to certain creeping animals, such as caterpillars.

    生物 动物学
  3. 3.

    Intermediate between two genera, groups, families, etc., and having some of the characteristics of each; interosculant.

    生物

    The genera by which two families approximate are called osculant genera.

  4. 4.

    Intermediate between multiple potentially reconstructible protoforms, but having a mismatch in semantics or morphology that cannot be explained through regular patterns of change.

  5. 5.

    Tangent, touching at a single point.

    数学

词源

From Latin osculans, osculantis, present participle of osculari (“to kiss”). See osculate.

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