Search Result for "osculating_circle":
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. the circle that touches a curve (on the concave side) and whose radius is the radius of curvature;
[syn: circle of curvature, osculating circle]



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

osculating circle
    n 1: the circle that touches a curve (on the concave side) and
         whose radius is the radius of curvature [syn: circle of
         curvature, osculating circle]