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   Cusp

   /kəsp/

   

   noun

   • 1. a point of transition between two different states: "those on the cusp of adulthood"
   • 2. a pointed end where two curves meet.
   • ▪ a projecting point between small arcs in Gothic tracery.
   • ▪ a cone-shaped prominence on the surface of a tooth, especially of a molar or premolar.
   • ▪ a pocket or fold in the wall of the heart or a major blood vessel that fills and distends if the blood flows backward, so forming part of a valve.
   • ▪ a point at which the direction of a curve is abruptly reversed.
   • ▪ each of the pointed ends of the crescent moon.
   • 3. the initial point of an astrological sign or house: "he was Aries on the cusp with Taurus"

   Word Origin late 16th century (in cusp (sense 3)): from Latin cuspis ‘point or apex’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. cuspate adjective
   • 2. cusped adjective
   • 3. cuspidate adjective
   • 4. cuspidal adjective

   Scrabble Points: 8

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