Look up: Cusp

1. Cusp
   A pointed projection on a tooth.
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2. Cusp
   In architecture a cusp is a triangular protection from the intrados of an arch, or from an inner curve of tracery. Cusps came into use during the latter part of the Early English style, at which period they were sometimes worked with a small leaf, usually a trefoil, on the end. When first introduced...
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3. Cusp
   Curves meeting in a point.
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4. cusp
   A curved, triangular-shaped projection from the inner curve of an arch or circle.
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5. Cusp
   One of a series of short ridges on the FORESHORE separated by crescent-shaped troughs spaced at more or less regular intervals. Between these cusps are hollows. The cusps are spaced at somewhat uniform distances along beaches. They represent a combination of constructive and destructive processes.
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6. cusp
   [n] - a thin triangular flap of a heart valve 2. [n] - small elevation on the grinding surface of a tooth 3. [n] - point formed by two intersecting arcs (as from the intrados of a Gothic arch)
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7. Cusp
   a projecting point forming a leaf shape in the tracery of a gothic door-arch or window-head
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8. Cusp
   the boundary of either a sign or a house.
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9. cusp
   In Gothic architecture, a projection carved on the underside of an arch or section of tracery. Cusps divide the arch or tracery into a series of ornamental `foils`. ...
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10. Cusp
    Cusp: In reference to heart valves, one of the triangular segments of the valve which opens and closes with the flow of blood. In reference to teeth, a raised area of the biting surface.
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11. cusp
    in mathematics,the pattern in which two parts of a curve meet in a common point.Used to describe the performance of directional antennas Category: Mathematics • of a figure-of-eight-shaped fuselage,the indentation on each side at floor level Category: Transport • pattern in w...
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12. Cusp
    A projecting point formed where two curves meet. Cusps are found a great deal in Gothic architecture, owing to the love of ornamentation. They add extra decoration to window tracery, furniture and sculptural carvings.
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13. Cusp
    Cusp (kŭsp) noun [ Latin cuspis , -idis , point, pointed end.] 1. (Architecture) A triangular protection from the intrados of an arch, or from an inner curve of tracery. 2. (Astrol.) The beginning or fi...
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14. Cusp
    Cusp transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Cusped (k?spt); present participle & verbal noun Cusping .] To furnish with a cusp or cusps.
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15. cusp
    A rigid, sharp point, especially on a leaf. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...
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16. cusp
    noun point formed by two intersecting arcs (as from the intrados of a Gothic arch)
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17. cusp
    noun small elevation on the grinding surface of a tooth
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18. cusp
    noun a thin triangular flap of a heart valve
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19. cusp
    (kusp) a pointed or rounded projection, such as on the crown of a tooth, or a segment of a cardiac valve. Cusps of the tricuspid valve. semilunar cusp any of the semilunar segments of the aortic valve (having posterior, right, and left cusps) or the ...
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20. Cusp
    • (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 triangular protection from the intrados of an arch, or from an inner curve of tracery. • ...
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21. cusp
    (from the article `gastropod`) ...and marginals. The central tooth may be reduced in size or lost, whereas the other teeth show modifications correlated with diet. Primitively, the ... The trend in the evolution of the cheek teeth has been to increase the number of cusps and reduce the number of teeth. Both molars and premolars show ......
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22. cusp
    in architecture, the intersections of lobed or scalloped forms, particularly in arches (cusped arches) and in tracery. Thus the three lobes of a ...
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23. Cusp
    Found within Tracery decoration to form the meeting point of foils.
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24. cusp
    projecting point usually in the upper portion of a tracery window and often seen in ogee-headed windows
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25. Cusp
    The pointed portion of the tooth.
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