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in·os·cu·late

(ĭn-ŏs′kyə-lāt′)

v. in·os·cu·lat·ed, in·os·cu·lat·ing, in·os·cu·lates

v.tr.

1. To unite (blood vessels, nerve fibers, or ducts) by small openings.

2. To make continuous; blend.

v.intr.

1. To open into one another.

2. To unite so as to be continuous; blend.

[in- + Latin ōsculāre, ōsculāt-, to provide with an opening (from ōsculum, diminutive of ōs, mouth; see ōs- in Indo-European roots).]

in·os′cu·la′tion n.

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Translations

inosculating

n. comunicación directa, anastomosis.

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Comparing with the modeling results of storage modulus in the previous section, the predictions of compressive modulus are not perfectly inosculating with the measured data.

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While BSWI-FEM has the property of high accuracy and efficiency [26], through inosculating this technology with MCS, the limitation of applying MCS-FEM to large-scale structures can be alleviated further.