Cusp

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A point or pointed end.
  • n. Anatomy A pointed or rounded projection on the chewing surface of a tooth.
  • n. Anatomy A triangular fold or flap of a heart valve.
  • n. Mathematics A point at which a curve crosses itself and at which the two tangents to the curve coincide.
  • n. Architecture The point of intersection of two ornamental arcs or curves, such as the inner points of a trefoil.
  • n. Astronomy Either point of a crescent moon.
  • n. A transitional point or time, as between two astrological signs.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A sharp point or pointed end.
  • n. An important moment when a decision is made that will determine future events.
  • n. A point of a curve where the curve is continuous but has no derivative, but such that it has a derivative at every nearby point.
  • n. A boundary between zodiacal signs and houses.
  • n. Any of the pointed parts of a canine tooth or molar.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A triangular protection from the intrados of an arch, or from an inner curve of tracery.
  • n. The beginning or first entrance of any house in the calculations of nativities, etc.
  • n. The point or horn of the crescent moon or other crescent-shaped luminary.
  • n. A multiple point of a curve at which two or more branches of the curve have a common tangent.
  • n. A prominence or point, especially on the crown of a tooth.
  • n. A sharp and rigid point.
  • v. To furnish with a cusp or cusps.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. In astronomy, the point or horn of a crescent, specifically of the crescent moon.
  • n. In astrology, the beginning or first entrance of any house in the calculation of nativities.
  • n. In geometry, a stationary point on a curve, where a point describing the curve has its motion precisely reversed.
  • n. In architecture, an intersecting point of the small arcs or foliations decorating the internal curves of the trefoils, cinquefoils, etc., of medieval tracery; also, the figure formed by the intersection of such arcs.
  • n. In zoöl. and anatomy:
  • n. Any special prominence or protuberance of the crown of a tooth.
  • n. A sharp tooth-like process on a margin or part.
  • n. In botany, a sharp and rigid point, as of a leaf.
  • n. One of the segments, with pointed tip, of a valve of the heart.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a thin triangular flap of a heart valve
  • n. small elevation on the grinding surface of a tooth
  • n. point formed by two intersecting arcs (as from the intrados of a Gothic arch)
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    flap    point    peak    tip   
    Cross Reference
    ceratoid cusp    cusp of the second kind    deciduous cusps   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    point    apex    peak    cuspis    horn   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    saddlebow    harbinger    w(t   
     
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