Übersetzung für 'osculating curve' von Englisch nach Deutsch

osculating curve

Schmiegungs­kurve {f}

• In differential geometry, an osculating curve is a plane curve from a given family that has the highest possible order of contact with another curve.
• An osculating curve from a given family of curves is a curve that has the highest possible order of contact with a given curve at a given point; for instance a tangent line is an osculating curve from the family of lines, and has first-order contact with the given curve; an osculating circle is an osculating curve from the family of circles, and has second-order contact (same tangent angle and curvature), etc.