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What is the noun for cusp?

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cusp
  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 the curve is continuous but has no derivative, but such that it has a derivative at every nearby point.
  4. (architecture) A point made by the intersection of two curved lines or curved structures. A common motif in Gothic architecture.
  5. (astrology) A boundary between zodiacal signs and houses.
  6. (dentistry) Any of the pointed parts of a canine tooth or molar.
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  8. Examples:
    1. “Sunny used the cusp of a stick to pin the snake down and prevent it from crawling.”
      “Elizabeth was able to convince many that she was on the cusp of a major medical breakthrough.”
      “He's a man who likes to contemplate the cusp between the realistic and the fanciful.”
cusper
  1. A person considered to have been born on a cusp between significant generations
  2. (astrology) A person born on a day at a junction of star signs
cuspid
  1. A tooth with a single cusp; a canine.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “The posterior cuspid accounts for about one-third of the length of the tooth.”
      “This grading of form is not observed in passing from the cuspid to the bicuspid in man.”
      “The specimen shown here has an additional pair of springs in the upper cuspid region.”
cuspidalization
  1. (mathematics) The process of making an object cuspidal.
cuspation
  1. The formation of cusps.
cuspidality
  1. The quality of being cuspidal.
cusping
  1. (architecture) A formation of cusps.
  2. Examples:
    1. “It rarely fructifies but the thallus varies in size, amount of division and cusping as well as colour.”
      “These vegetal uprights are banded by a ring of intersecting pointed arches with trefoil cusping, pure geometric forms.”
      “Near it is a double piscina, formed by a couple of shafts with capitals hollowed out with multifoil cusping.”
cuspule
  1. A small cusp.
cuspations
  1. plural of cuspation
cuspules
  1. plural of cuspule
cuspings
  1. plural of cusping
cuspers
  1. plural of cusper
cuspids
  1. plural of cuspid
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  3. Examples:
    1. “Since this is a lower molar, these cuspids are located on the lingual, rather than the buccal side.”
      “He looks a tad constipated to me, that or he has just emitted built-up gas and is clenching his carpentered cuspids in embarrassment.”
cusps
  1. plural of cusp
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  3. Examples:
    1. “The enlarged surface and finer occlusion also permitted the development of complex series of subsidiary cusps and other accoutrements.”
      “Pronounced cusps at each side embellish the conventional New England Queen Anne vase splat design.”
      “The edges of many of the sheets were rolled, and cusps formed where two oppositely scrolled edges met.”
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