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Synonyms for cusp

Grammar : Noun
Spell : kuhsp
Phonetic Transcription : kÊŒsp

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Définition of cusp

Origin :
  • 1580s, from Latin cuspis "point, spear, pointed end, head," of unknown origin. Astrological use is earliest.
  • noun edge
Example sentences :
  • Cusp -is: a pointed process; sometimes at the margin of a wing.
  • Extract from : « Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology » by John. B. Smith
  • When the sun is passing from one sign to another, the period is known as a cusp.
  • Extract from : « The Scrap Book, Volume 1, No. 1 » by Various
  • There is symmetry about the initial line and a cusp at the origin.
  • Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 3 » by Various
  • The stealthy boat crept on till midnight; now and then from the cusp of a bay floated out the faint cry of a quail.
  • Extract from : « The Unknown Sea » by Clemence Housman
  • The ornaments of the cusp might thus be worked without any troublesome reference to the rest of the arch.
  • Extract from : « The Stones of Venice, Volume I (of 3) » by John Ruskin
  • And note that the number of degrees of a sign on the cusp of any house shows that that sign commenced in the previous house.
  • Extract from : « The Influence of the Stars » by Rosa Baughan
  • Posterior upper molar with its fourth cusp little developed; the posterior lower molar four-cusped.
  • Extract from : « A Hand-book to the Primates, Volume 1 (of 2) » by Henry O. Forbes
  • The anterior and median molars have a rudimentary fifth cusp, which is large in the posterior molar.
  • Extract from : « A Hand-book to the Primates, Volume 1 (of 2) » by Henry O. Forbes
  • The third tooth of the series (Fig. 7) has lost one of its cusps; it has lost a cusp of the triangle.
  • Extract from : « Degeneracy » by Eugene S. Talbot
  • Cusp—an ornament used in the tracery of windows, screens, etc., to form foliation.
  • Extract from : « Scottish Cathedrals and Abbeys » by Dugald Butler and Herbert Story

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