##  [Osculating Intersection](/osculating-intersection) 

  ##  [Osculating Intersection](https://puremath.quantumdictionary.io/osculating-intersection-0) 

  

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Definition

An intersection of boundary components or submanifolds characterized by higher-order tangential contact: the tangent spaces agree to some finite order so that the meeting is not transverse but has an order-of-contact m ≥ 2 (osculation) rather than simple first-order crossing.