osculating circle

English

Noun

osculating circle (plural osculating circles)

1. (geometry, 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

• centre of curvature
• radius of curvature

References

• MathWorld