cusp

Noun

cusp (plural cusps)

1. A sharp point or pointed end.
2. (figuratively) An important moment when a decision is made that will determine future events.
3. (geometry) A point of a curve where it has two tangents.
4. (astrology) The day or days at the transition from one sign of the zodiac to the next.
5. (dentistry) Any of the pointed parts of a canine tooth or molar.

4 letters in word "cusp": C P S U.

Anagrams of cusp:

• cups

• scup

Words found within cusp:

cup pus sup up ups us

• Definitions:
• The pointed or rounded part of a tooth's biting surface.
• Curves meeting in a point.
• (cusp) (kusp) [L. cuspis point] a tapering projection; especially one of the triangular segments of a cardiac valve or a dental cusp.
• Pointed projection on the crown of the tooth.
• The midway point between two Signs of the Zodiac; also used to refer to the start of a House within the chart wheel.
• A peak or rounded elevation on the crown of a tooth (Example: hypocone)
• of a tooth, a point.
• A “point” found on a tooth.
• Point of a tooth. A prominence, or point; temprary ridges of sand perpendicular to the shoreline.
• a pointed projection located on the chewing of biting surface of tooth.
• The beginning of any house.
• the beginning of a house in the chart. also, a cusp of a sign is the degree when one sign ends and the other begins. there is a lot of talk about being "born on the cusp". a sun sign is either one sign or the other, regardless of whether it is almost another sign.
• a transitional point, usually a period of 2 to 3 days between two different zodiac signs
• a projection (point) on a tooth; many teeth have just one large cusp but some have additional side cusps.
• The line that separates the house and indicates the beginning of a house.
• The line which separates the grids of the houses in a horoscope. The Ascendant line for instance is regarded as the cusp of the 1st house and the midheaven as the cusp of the 10th house.
• The dividing point between either zodiac signs or houses. If a person is born 'on the cusp,' it is at a time when the sun is close to the beginning or close to the end of a zodiac sign. ...
• (a) The imaginary line which separates a Sign from adjoining Signs, a House from its adjoining Houses; (b) an indeterminate but small arc contiguous to the boundary-line between adjacent Signs and Houses, wherein there is uncertainty as to the planet's location at a particular moment, and ...
• Pointed or rounded eminence on or near the masticating surface of a tooth.
• A line dividing the houses or signs. When dealing with signs it represents a gray area where the individual may be affected by both signs.
• Point, projection, or bump on crown (occlusal surface or chewing surface) of a tooth.
• The 'mountains' on the biting surface of a premolar or molar tooth.
• Projecting points formed at the meeting of the foils in Gothic Tracery, etc.
• point formed by two intersecting arcs (as from the intrados of a Gothic arch) a thin triangular flap of a heart valve small elevation on the grinding surface of a tooth
• CUSP is a novel written by Robert A. Metzger, in the category of science fiction/hard science fiction. It deals with two perpendicular rings running along the Earth's surface, that act as comsic jets, using ionized hydrogen. ...
• In astrology, a cusp (from the Latin for spear or point) is the imaginary line that separates a sign in the zodiac or a house in the horoscope.
• A cusp is an occlusal or incisal eminance on a tooth.
• In singularity theory a cusp is a singular point of a curve. Spinode is an alternative name, but this is less commonly used today.

• cusks ←
• cusk ←
• cushy ←
• cusp
• → cuspal
• → cuspate
• → cuspated