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osculant

/os-kyuh-luhnt/US // ˈɒs kyə lənt //UK // (ˈɒskjʊlənt) //

摆动的,震荡,摆动式,摆动性

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : united by certain common characteristics.
    • : adhering closely; embracing.

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Examples

  • That proximate circles or larger groups are connected by the intervention of lesser groups, which he denominates osculant.

  • In this scheme the osculant classes are those placed between the circles.

  • If each circle is regarded as absolute, the series is broken, though the osculant groups connect the circular ones.

  • Osculant: intermediate in character between two groups or series.

  • This is another osculant Order, evidently connecting the Coleoptera with the Orthoptera.