osculating circle

NOUN
17 LETTERS · STARTS WITH O

osculating circle is a valid 17-letter word worth 23 points in Scrabble and 31 points in Words with Friends.

SCRABBLE WORDS WITH FRIENDS
O1S1C3U1L1A1T1I1N1G2C3I1R1C3L1E1
1 + 1 + 3 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 2 + 0 + 3 + 1 + 1 + 3 + 1 + 1 =23 PTS
DOUBLE WORD → 46TRIPLE WORD → 69
MEANING

What does osculating circle mean?

NOUN · 1 SENSE
1

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

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