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  • 11osculating plane — Math. the plane containing the circle of curvature of a point on a given curve. [1860 65] * * * …

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  • 12osculating orbit — noun The orbit that an astronomical body such as a planet, asteroid, comet or satellite would follow if suddenly all perturbing forces other than the gravitational attraction of the Sun or (for a satellite) its planet were to disappear …

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  • 13osculating circle — noun The circle that has the same tangent, and the same curvature at the point on the curve …

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  • 14osculating circle — /ɒskjəleɪtɪŋ ˈsɜkəl/ (say oskyuhlayting serkuhl) noun the circle, the arc of which best approximates a curve at a given point on that curve …

  • 15osculating circle — noun the circle that touches a curve (on the concave side) and whose radius is the radius of curvature • Syn: ↑circle of curvature • Hypernyms: ↑circle * * * noun : a circle which is tangent to a curve at a given point, which lies in the limiting …

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  • 16osculating plane — Math. the plane containing the circle of curvature of a point on a given curve. [1860 65] …

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  • 17Соприкасающаяся окружность — Соприкасающаяся окружность, окружность кривизны окружность, являющаяся наилучшим приближением заданной кривой в ок …

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  • 18Contact (mathematics) — Osculation redirects here. For other meanings, see Kiss. In mathematics, contact of order k of functions is an equivalence relation, corresponding to having the same value at a point P and also the same derivatives there, up to order k. The… …

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  • 19Centripetal force — Not to be confused with Centrifugal force. Classical mechanics Newton s Second Law …

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  • 20comet — cometary /kom i ter ee/, cometic /keuh met ik/, cometical, adj. cometlike, adj. /kom it/, n. Astron. a celestial body moving about the sun, usually in a highly eccentric orbit, consisting of a central mass surrounded by an envelope of dust and… …

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