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noun

A sharp or tapered end: acicula, acumination, apex, mucro, mucronation, point, tip. See sharp/dull.

A small hollow in a beach, U-shaped in plan with the arms of the U pointing seawards. Beaches tend to have a series of cusps which are formed when outgoing rip currents and incoming waves combine to set up nearly circular water movements along the beach.

1. The intersection of two arcs or foliations in a tracery.
2. The figure formed by the intersection of tracery arcs. Also see foil.

types of cusps

A pointed or rounded projection, such as on the crown of a tooth, or a segment of a cardiac valve.

• semilunar c. — any of the semilunar segments of the aortic valve or the pulmonary valve.

A notably pointed or rounded eminence on or near the masticating surface of a tooth.

• Mouth and Teeth - cusp: pointed projection on crown of tooth
• Geometric Shapes and Mathematically Defined Forms - cusp: tip of pointed curve
• Classical Elements and Design - cusp: pointed projection at intersection of two arcs or foils
• Shapes - cusp: point or apex; tip of crescent
• Rites, Practices, Spells, and Symbols - cusp: period of transition from one zodiacal sign to next

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Cusp may refer to:

• Beach cusps, a pointed and regular arc pattern of the shoreline at the beach
• Behavioral cusp (psychology) an important behavior change with far reaching consequences
• Cusp catastrophe
• Cusp (astrology), a boundary between zodiac signs and houses
• Cusp (dentistry), a pointed structure on a cuspid, premolar, or molar
• Cusp (singularity), (geometry and astrophysics) a singular point of a curve
• Cusp form in modular form theory
• Cusp (novel), a science fiction story by Robert A. Metzger
• Cusps of heart valves, leaflets of a heart valve
• Cuspidal representation, a generalization of cusp forms in the theory of automorphic representations
• CUSP (Project), Carleton University Simulator Project

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - spids, toppunkthorn, husspids, næse, tyggeknude, del af hjerteklap

Nederlands (Dutch)
punt, spits uiteinde (b.v. op kies), keerpunt, hoorn (van maan), beginpunt van sterrenbeeld, raakpunt van gewelfbogen

Français (French)
n. - (Math) sommet, (Astron) corne, (Astrol) conjonction, (Dent) cuspide

Deutsch (German)
n. - Spitze

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - ακμή, (μαθημ.) σημείο ανάκαμψης καμπύλης, (αρχιτ.) λοβός ή βέλος συμβολής δύο τόξων, (αστρον.) κεραία ή κέρας (μηνίσκου)

Italiano (Italian)
cuspide

Português (Portuguese)
n. - cúspide (m), corno (m) (da lua) (Astr.)

Русский (Russian)
точка пересечения

Español (Spanish)
n. - cúspide, corona

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - udd, näsa (byggn.), horn (på månen), vändpunkt (på kurva) (mat.)

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
尖头, 尖端

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 尖頭, 尖端

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 첨단, 뾰족한 끝

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - とがった先

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) نقطه التقاء منحنيان‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮חוד, קצה חד, נקודת המפגש של שתי קשתות, תלולית השן, קמט בשסתום הלב, עוקץ‬

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