1. kisses; acts of kissing
Usage: formal; literary
2. the action of two curves or surfaces touching at a point
Usage: mathematics; technical

Examples

• The romantic novel was filled with passionate osculations between the main characters.
• Victorian literature often described tender osculations rather than explicit displays of affection.
• The mathematician studied the osculations of the two parabolic curves.
• In geometry, osculations occur when curves share the same tangent line at a point.
• The formal invitation mentioned ceremonial osculations as part of the greeting ritual.
• Ancient poetry frequently celebrated the sweet osculations of lovers.