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Osculating circle Moderate

Osculating circle has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

the circle that touches a curve (on the concave side) and whose radius is the radius of curvature

2

The circle that has the same tangent, and the same curvature at the point on the curve

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Broader Terms (hypernyms)
circle
Rhyming Words
cle icle secle macle cycle sicle socle uncle zocle circle sarcle boucle surcle guncle mascle oracle acicle icicle nuncle muscle
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