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oscnode

noun

Etymology

Blend of osculation + node.

  1. derived from nōdus
  2. inherited from node
  3. compounded as oscnode — “osculation + node”

Definitions

  1. A node of a plane curve where two branches meet with contact order 3.

    • Rhamphoid cuspidal lines possess two kinds of singular points which affect the class of the surface, and occur (i) when the rhamphoid cusp changes into an oscnode, (ii) when there are cubic nodes on the surface.

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