Definition of Osculating circle of a curve. Meaning of Osculating circle of a curve. Synonyms of Osculating circle of a curve

- An osculating circle is a circle that best approximates the curvature of a curve at a specific point. It is tangent to the curve at that point and has...
- first-order contact with C. The osculating circle to C at p, the osculating curve from the family of circles. The osculating circle shares both its first and...
- curvature at a point of a differentiable curve is the curvature of its osculating circle — that is, the circle that best approximates the curve near this...
- 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...
- Index of the curve List of curves topics List of curves Osculating circle Parametric surface Path (topology) Polygonal curve Position vector Vector-valued...
- invariant of hypersurfaces osculating circle osculating curve osculating plane osculating orbit osculating sphere The obsolete Quinarian system of biological...
- A parallel of a curve is the envelope of a family of congruent circles centered on the curve. It generalises the concept of parallel (straight) lines...
- more. Base curve radius Bend radius Degree of curvature (civil engineering) Osculating circle Track transition curve Weisstien, Eric. "Radius of Curvature"...
- is the reciprocal of the radius of an osculating circle). Angle and curvature constraints are most often added to the ends of a curve, and in such cases...
- are points where the curve has 4-point contact with the osculating circle at that point. In contrast, generic points on a curve typically only have 3-point...