osculating circle

English

Noun

osculating circle (plural osculating circles)

(mathematics, for any point on a curve) The circle that has the same tangent, and the same curvature at the point on the curve

Translations

notion in mathematics

French: cercle osculateur m

German: Schmiegkreis f, Krümmungskreis f

See also

References

MathWorld

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