different between osculatrix vs osculatory

English

Etymology

New Latin.

Noun

osculatrix (plural osculatrices)

1. (geometry) A curve whose contact with a given curve at a given point is of a higher order (or involves the equality of a greater number of successive differential coefficients of the ordinates of the curves taken at that point) than that of any other curve of the same kind.

English

Noun

osculatory (plural osculatories)

1. (Christianity) A religious tablet, usually carrying a representation of Christ or the Virgin Mary, which is kissed by the priest during the Mass ("kiss of peace"); it is then passed to others at the mass who also kiss it.

Synonyms

• pax

Adjective

osculatory (comparative more osculatory, superlative most osculatory)

1. (formal) Of or relating to kissing.

   • the osculatory ceremony

2. (geometry) Relating to, or having the properties of, an osculatrix; capable of osculation.

   A circle may be osculatory with a curve, at a given point.

References

• Oxford English Dictionary,

Anagrams

• cotylosaur