cusp

[ US /ˈkəsp/ ]
[ UK /kˈʌsp/ ]
NOUN
  1. point formed by two intersecting arcs (as from the intrados of a Gothic arch)
  2. small elevation on the grinding surface of a tooth
  3. a thin triangular flap of a heart valve
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How To Use cusp In A Sentence

  • To simplify the figure, its effect is shown on a projection of the cusp on to a horizontal plane.
  • But, fortunately, there were cavities in the two teeth on either side of the gap -- one in the first molar and one in the palatine surface of the cuspid; might he not drill a socket in the remaining root and sockets in the molar and cuspid, and, partly by bridging, partly by crowning, fill in the gap? McTeague
  • June 17, 2006, 4: 01 pm card with bad credit says: card with bad credit maintainer internship decrypt arrangements. coplanar cusp The Volokh Conspiracy » “Bush Voters Are Stupid”:
  • However, they do have two parallel rows of cusps on their molariform teeth.
  • But, fortunately, there were cavities in the two teeth on either side of the gap -- one in the first molar and one in the palatine surface of the cuspid; might he not drill McTeague
  • Do not spit everywhere, should phlegmy spit inside cuspidor, undertake alexipharmic next.
  • The bed was rickety, with a thin knotty mattress; the sand-colored walls were scratched and gouged; in every corner, under everything, were fluffy dust and cigar ashes; on the tilted wash-stand was a nicked and squatty pitcher; the only chair was a grim straight object of spotty varnish; but there was an altogether splendid gilt and rose cuspidor. Main Street
  • We are on the cusp of a great set of decisions around what will happen to the world's water.
  • Laterally, a shallow groove borders the lingual side of the tooth from the laterocone to the laterobasal cusp.
  • Swinging from the rope portiere, slathering the pomade upon my beardless face, and all manner of the metaphysical ick in my oversized cuspidors! Excerpt from Urdoxa 2.0
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