osculation UK /ˌɒs.kjʊˈleɪ.ʃən/US /ˌɑs.kjuˈleɪ.ʃən/ noun5 •The action of kissing. •A kiss. •A close contact. •A contact between curves or surfaces, at which point they have a common tangent. •The determination of whether a number is divisible by another by means of certain operations on its digits. formsosculations