Cusps

Word CUSPS
Character 5
Hyphenation N/A
Pronunciations /kʌsps/

Definitions and meanings of "Cusps"

What do we mean by cusps?

A sharp point or pointed end.

An important moment when a decision is made that will determine future events.

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.

A point made by the intersection of two curved lines or curved structures, a common motif in Gothic architecture.

A boundary between zodiacal signs and houses.

Any of the pointed parts of a canine tooth or molar.

A flap of a valve of a heart or blood vessel.

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The word "cusps" in example sentences

At other times Neill's bronze tones encircle dark cusps of malevolence, or follow the roots of mysteries reminiscent of that century-old trumpet asking Charles Ives 'Unanswered Question. ❋ G. Roger Denson (2010)

Seven molars were also virtually sectioned through the mesial cusps and two-dimensional enamel thickness and dentine horn height measurements were recorded. ❋ Unknown (2009)

According to Williams, this did not mean more resources were dedicated to the students who were behind. “This usually meant a diminished focus on the students that needed attention the most and increased focus on bumping students who were on the cusps into the proficiency and above proficiency levels. ❋ Youth Radio -- Youth Media International (2011)

Listlessly floating cinder-like on lost cusps of wind that multiply with every with every single with every single breath. ❋ Unknown (2010)

At other times Neill's bronze tones encircle dark cusps of malevolence, or follow the roots of mysteries reminiscent of that century-old trumpet asking Charles Ives' Unanswered Question. ❋ G. Roger Denson (2010)

Her hair fell just below her shoulders while her eyes were large like two planets sipping from the same cusps of awareness ... ❋ Unknown (2010)

She would delight us with unusual hugs as her little black clawless fingers clutched the cusps of our neck, akin to a spider monkey. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Judging from fossils the primitive tooth type for peccaries is bunodonty (viz, where each tooth sports multiple low rounded mound-like cusps), but zygodonty (viz, where mound-like cusps are connected by transverse crests) evolved several times. ❋ Darren Naish (2006)

Use a soft brush and rub the bristles up toward the gums, so you can get to the actual cusps and gum. ❋ Michael F. Roizen (2008)

What about the people out there who may be on the cusps or maybe even you know over where the positive side who say hmm, I can take advantage of this if I just default on my mortgage? ❋ Unknown (2008)

He's doing all he can one thing we can expect he will tell the economic club of New York as he thinks Congress should pass more legislation to try and help homeowners who are on the cusps of foreclosure and he's also going to talk about trying to bring more transparency into the process of mortgage applications so people don't get stuck in loans they don't really understand. ❋ Unknown (2008)

You want to back away from that limit as much as possible because by the time you start to approach those cusps it's getting late in the day for adding resilience in the system. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Docodonts had characteristically broad molars and a complex dentition that appears to have been rather like that of tribosphenic mammals, and both the homology of their tooth cusps, and their affinities to other mammals, have proved controversial. ❋ Darren Naish (2006)

Their teeth are strange, with cusps and folds that have proved almost impossible to homologise with those of other placental mammals. ❋ Darren Naish (2006)

Technical details of the molar cusps and roots, and the tooth count, better match those of dryolestoids more than docodonts, and in fact Reigitherium appears particularly closely related to the Palaeocene dryolestoid Peligrotherium, with both being united by Rougier et al. (2003) in the dryolestoid clade Reigitheriidae. ❋ Darren Naish (2006)

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