CUSP • E-FREE TRANSLATION.COM • Definition of Cusp

Add this Dictionary
to your website!
See more options...

/kəsp/ Listen

Cusp

noun

Point formed by two intersecting arcs (as from the intrados of a Gothic arch).

A thin triangular flap of a heart valve. Synonym: leaflet.

Small elevation on the grinding surface of a tooth.

See images of 'Cusp'

Etymology of 'Cusp'

Related search:

cuspidal

Share |

"Cusp" Quotes from Famous Books

... measurements); no accessory cusp between protocone and paracone of fourth upper premolar; first upper molar longer than broad and lacking cingulum on part of tooth ...

— A New Doglike Carnivore, Genus Cynarctus, From the Clarendonian, Pliocene, of Texas • E. Raymond Hall

... Imperial form, Forth from her bearded tube of lacquey brass, Reverberant notes and long blew volant Fame. Incarnate Victory, Power manifest, Infernal or God-given to mankind, On the quenched volcano's cusp did he take stand, A conquering army's height above the land, Which calls that army offspring of its breast, And sees it mid the starry camps enshrined; His eye the cannon's flame, The ...

— The Shaving of Shagpat • George Meredith

Words linked to "Cusp" : tip, heart valve, cardiac valve, tooth, point, flap, peak, cuspidal