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cuspIn architecture, the intersection of lobed or scalloped forms, particularly in arches (cusped arches) and tracery. Thus the three lobes of a trefoil (cloverleaf form) are separated by three cusps. Cusped forms appear in early Islamic work and were especially common in the Moorish architecture of North Africa and Spain. The form was adopted wholeheartedly by European Gothic architecture. cusp 1. Dentistry any of the small elevations on the grinding or chewing surface of a tooth 2. Anatomy any of the triangular flaps of a heart valve 3. Geometry a point at which two arcs of a curve intersect and at which the two tangents are coincident 4. Architect a carving at the meeting place of two arcs 5. Astronomy either of the points of a crescent moon or of a satellite or inferior planet in a similar phase 6. Astrology any division between houses or signs of the zodiac How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Trinity, meanwhile, is said to be on the cusp of signing a number of office deals that will go a long way towards eliminating the remaining portions of vacancy in its large Hudson Square portfolio of buildings. From the hovels of Berlin during the fall of the wall, to a mystery in the Zapatista Autonomous Zone, to a Croatian Rainbow Gathering following G8 protests in Genoa, to a Kurdish guerilla camp, Clandestines tracks the struggles of a world in flux, on the cusp of transforming into a post-Cold War society. Taylor chronicles the true story of fishery, the individuals who dedicated themselves to it, and the photojournalist who exquisitely captures it just as it was on the cusp of a radical transformation. |
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