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osculatory (medicine)


osculatory
Same as Pax.

Origin: LL. Osculatorium. See Osculate.

1. Of or pertaining to kissing; kissing. "The osculatory ceremony."

2. <geometry> Pertaining to, or having the properties of, an osculatrix; capable of osculation; as, a circle may be osculatory with a curve, at a given point. Osculatory circle.

<geometry> See Osculating circle of a curve, under Circle. Osculatory plane (to a curve of double curvature), a plane which passes through three successive points of the curve. Osculatory sphere (to a line of double curvature), a sphere passing through four consecutive points of the curve.

Source: Websters Dictionary


configure (iou)



configure verb trans. LME.
[Latin configurare Fashion after a pattern, formed as CON- + figurare FIGURE verb.]
Fashion according to a model (esp. with allus. to Philippians 3:10). Now rare. LME.
Put together in a certain configuration; shape, Fashion. M17.
spec. Computing. Interconnect or interrelate (a computer system or elements of it) so as to fit it for a designated task. M20.