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cusp

Point where two branches of a curve meet and the tangents to each branch coincide.

cusp

In Gothic architecture, a projection carved on the underside of an arch or section of tracery. Cusps divide the arch or tracery into a series of ornamental ‘foils’.



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Cusps (convexities) and grooves (concavities) characterize the occlusal surfaces of the canines, premolars, and molars.
A Longgupo premolar tooth, for instance, features two cusps at the front and a basin in the middle, as in H.
Round and swollen molar cusps and a brow ridge that does not project from the face also link Ouranopithecus to early hominids, the French scientists say.
 
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