Definition of Cusp

  • (n.) A triangular protection from the intrados of an arch, or from an inner curve of tracery.
  • (n.) The beginning or first entrance of any house in the calculations of nativities, etc.
  • (n.) The point or horn of the crescent moon or other crescent-shaped luminary.
  • (n.) A multiple point of a curve at which two or more branches of the curve have a common tangent.
  • (n.) A prominence or point, especially on the crown of a tooth.
  • (n.) A sharp and rigid point.
  • (v. t.) To furnish with a cusp or cusps.

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