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Synonyms for cusp

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Synonyms for cusp

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

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a thin triangular flap of a heart valve

small elevation on the grinding surface of a tooth

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The determination of cusp number on mandibular first molar of three ethnic groups showed highest percentage of 5 cusps in all study groups (table 1).
Here we measure the vanishing order of / at a cusp s = [gamma](i[infinity]), [gamma] [member of] [SL.sub.2](Z), by the parameter [e.sup.2[pi]i[tau]/N]] where N is the smallest positive integer such that [mathematical expression not reproducible] is contained in [[gamma].sup.-1] [GAMMA][gamma].
The teeth of Protacrodus aequalis include two morphotypes: one with a symmetrical crown and equal cusps, and the other with an asymmetrical, inclined crown and a higher central cusp (Turner 1982; Ivanov 1996; Ivanov & Lucas 2011).
The ordinary cusp inclinations of posterior teeth are 30[degrees] and 20[degrees], and 0[degrees] refers to the labial surface of the anterior teeth.
Depending on the alignment of darker or lighter albedo features, a cusp might appear blunted--or not.
This presumes the vulnerability of aortic valve cusp to be drawn into nearby VSD as very high velocity blood shunts from left ventricle to low pressure right ventricle thus causing the cusp to prolapse.4,5
Talons cusp treatment mainly involves reduction of the cusp and management of the developmental grooves associated with it.
One of the outstanding problems in arithmetic is to generalize class field theory to non-abelian Galois extensions of number fields, say Hiramatsu and Saito, and in a brief exposition of the theory of automorphic forms of weight One and their applications in arithmetic, they discuss some of the relations between this problem and cusp forms of weight One.
Results: The thickness of functional cusps of both cast metal and metal ceramic crown were of <ideal thickness where as non functional cusp of cast metal crown was bulbous.
Right atrioventricular valve has only one cusp. Length of right atrioventricular valve cusp was measured by taking the distance between the free and attached end of the cusp.
Vic Laffey, defending, said: "He accepts he has acted foolishly and has placed himself in a position where he is on the cusp of losing everything.
Global Banking News-September 20, 2016--Credit Suisse says India on cusp of growth
The variables considered included the degree of relief of the cusps (high or low) and the shape of the sharpest cusp (whether anterior or posterior), which was scored as sharp, rounded, or blunt (Fortelius and Solounias, 2000; Franz-Odendaal and Kaiser, 2003).
Height of the cusp from the nadir to nodule (in mm) was divided into 4 groups.