cusp
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- IPA: /kʌsp/
cusp (plural cusps)
- A sharp point or pointed end.
- (figuratively) An important moment when a decision is made that will determine future events.
- (geometry) 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.
- (architecture) A point made by the intersection of two curved lines or curved structures, a common motif in Gothic architecture.
- (astrology) A boundary between zodiacal signs and houses.
- (dentistry) Any of the pointed parts of a canine tooth or molar.
- (anatomy) A flap of a valve of a heart or blood vessel.
- (sharp point, pointed end) ord
- German: Scheitelpunkt
- Italian: culmine, acme, apogeo, colmo
- French: point de rebroussement
- Italian: cuspide
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