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CUSPS

"CUSPS" is a plural of: cusp.

Date "CUSPS" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1835. (references)


Specialty Definition: CUSPS

DomainDefinition

Space

Two regions of weak magnetic field, on the sunward boundary of the magnetosphere, one on each side of the equator. They separate magnetic field lines closing on the front from those swept into the Earths magnetotail. (of the magnetosphere). (references)
 The funnel shaped magnetic field regions located above Earth's magnetic poles. Solar wind plasma has near direct access to these regions. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Crosswords: CUSPS

English words defined with "CUSPS": bicuspid, bicuspid valve, bicuspidatecuspate, cuspated, cusped, cuspidal, cuspidate, cuspidated, cuspidationleft atrioventricular valvemitral valve, Multicuspidatepremolarright atrioventricular valvesemilunar valvetrefoil arch, tricuspid, tricuspid valve, tricuspidate. (references)
Specialty definitions using "CUSPS": Aortic GAGs, Aortic Glycosaminoglycans, Aortic Valve Prolapseintercuspation, interdigitation of cuspsPapillary MusclesSinus of Valsalva. (references)

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Commercial Usage: CUSPS

DomainTitle

Books

  • Breaching of a beach ridge and the formation of beach cusps (reference)

  • Chebyshev systems and the versal unfolding of the cusps of order n (reference)

    (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: CUSPS

Illustrations:
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Usage Frequency: CUSPS

"CUSPS" is generally used as a noun (plural) -- approximately 91.67% of the time. "CUSPS" is used about 24 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (plural)91.67%2274,468
Lexical Verb (-s form)4.17%1339,140
Noun (proper)4.17%1339,140
                    Total100.00%24N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expression: CUSPS

Expression using "CUSPS": interdigitation of cusps. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: CUSPS

Language Translations for "CUSPS"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

hvis produktionshastigheden er for hoej,bliver indstroemningskeglen(olie-vand graensefladen)ustabil og traenger op i borehullet,hvilket medfoerer produktion af vand og deraf foelgende vanskeligheder (if the producing rate is too great, resulting in water production and its attendant difficulties, the cone(oil-water interface)becomes unstable and cusps into the well). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

als de produktiesnelheid te hoog is,wordt de kegel(grensvlak water/olie)onstabiel en dringt de top ervan in de put,waardoor waterproduktie ontstaat met alle moeilijkheden van dien (if the producing rate is too great, resulting in water production and its attendant difficulties, the cone(oil-water interface)becomes unstable and cusps into the well). (various references)

   

French

  

cuspides de plage (beach cusps), croissants de plage (beach cusps), si le taux de production ou de soutirage est trop important,l'interface huile-eau devient instable et le cône d'eau atteint le fond du puits,ce qui entrâine une production hydratée avec les difficultés que cela comporte (the cone(oil-water interface)becomes unstable and cusps into the well), engrènement cuspidien (interdigitation of cusps). (various references)

   

German

  

Zacke (beak, conk, edge, jag, jagged peak, peak, point, prong, summit, tine, tip, tooth). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

εάν το ποσοστό παραγωγής είναι πολύ σημαντικό,η διαχωριστική επιφάνεια πετρελαίου-νερού καθίσταται ασταθής και ο κώνος του νερού φθάνει τ (the cone(oil-water interface)becomes unstable and cusps into the well). (various references)

   

Italian

  

se il tasso di produzione è troppo alto,il cono(l'interfaccia di olio e acqua)diventa instabile e s'incunea nel pozzo,cio che da origine ad una produzione idratata,con le difficolt che s'accompagnano (if the producing rate is too great, resulting in water production and its attendant difficulties, the cone(oil-water interface)becomes unstable and cusps into the well). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

uspscay

   

Spanish

  

cúspides de playa (beach cusps). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Misspellings: CUSPS

Misspellings

"CUSPS" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: csp, css, cupsy, cusip, Cussi, kuss, usps. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: CUSPS

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: scups.

Words within the letters "c-p-s-s-u"

-1 letter: cups, cusp, cuss, puss, scup, sups.

-2 letters: cup, pus, sup, ups.

-3 letters: up, us.

 Words containing the letters "c-p-s-s-u"
 

+1 letter: cuspis, scaups, sculps.

 

+2 letters: catsups, cuspids, percuss, prussic, sculpts, scyphus, spruces, suspect, upcasts.

 

+3 letters: auspices, campuses, capsules, closeups, corpuses, cuspides, cypruses, insculps, pussycat, putsches, scaleups, scapulas, scaupers, schlumps, scopulas, screwups, scruples, sculpins, scuppers, soupcons, spacious, specious, spicules, sprucest, stackups, stickups, subspace, suspects, unclasps, upscales.

 

+4 letters: aruspices, bicuspids, capsicums, chumships, cockspurs, cuspidors, cutpurses, octopuses, opuscules, outscoops, percussed, percusses, piecrusts, puissance, punchless, purchases, pushcarts, pussycats, putschist, resculpts, sapsucker, saucepans, scapulars, scoopfuls, scoopsful, sculptors, scuppaugs, sinciputs, skullcaps, spacesuit, spectrums, speculums, spicebush, spruciest, subepochs, subscript, subspaces, subtopics, supercars, supercops, surplices, suspected, suspicion, tuckshops.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Usage: Commercial
4. Images: Slideshow
5. Usage Frequency
6. Expressions
7. Translations: Modern
8. Derivations
9. Anagrams
10. Bibliography


  

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