cusp
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin cuspis (“a point, spear, pointed end”); first used in astrology.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]cusp (plural cusps)
- A sharp point or pointed end.
- (figuratively) An important moment when a decision is made that will determine future events.
- 2012 April 21, Jonathan Jurejko, “Newcastle 3-0 Stoke”, in BBC Sport[1]:
- Newcastle were 11 points adrift of Spurs following their 5-0 mauling at the hands of the north London club in February.
But a sixth successive Premier League win puts them on the cusp of European football next season as they surged 15 points clear of seventh-placed Everton, who have five games left to play.
- (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.
- (architecture) A point made by the intersection of two curved lines or curved structures, a common motif in Gothic architecture.[1]
- (astrology) A boundary between zodiacal signs and houses.
- (dentistry) Any of the pointed parts of a canine tooth or molar.
- (anatomy) A flap of a valve of a heart or blood vessel.
- A point of transition.
- 2021 October 20, Mark Rand, “S&C: a line fit for tourists... and everyone?”, in RAIL, number 942, page 40:
- I see freight returning in a big way. The 2016 reconnection of the Helwith Bridge quarries can produce up to three heavy trains a day. The nearby and much bigger Horton quarry is also on the cusp of rail reconnection.
Synonyms
[edit]- (sharp point, pointed end): ord
Derived terms
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[edit]Translations
[edit]sharp point or pointed end
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important moment when a decision is made
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point of a curve where it has no tangent
in astrology
in dentistry
Verb
[edit]cusp (third-person singular simple present cusps, present participle cusping, simple past and past participle cusped)
- (slang) To behave in a reckless or dangerous manner.
References
[edit]- ^ Russell Sturgis, ed. (1902). A Dictionary of Architecture and Building: Biographical, Historical, and Descriptive. 3. Macmillan.
- “cusp”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
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