Definition of Cuspidation

1. Noun. A decoration using cusps.

Generic synonyms: Embellishment

Definition of Cuspidation

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cuspidation

cusp of tooth
cuspad
cuspal
cuspal interference
cuspate
cuspated
cusped
cusped geometry
cusper
cuspers
cuspid
cuspid tooth
cuspidal
cuspidate
cuspidated
cuspidation (current term)
cuspidations
cuspides
cuspidine
cuspidor
cuspidors
cuspids
cuspier
cuspiest
cuspiness
cusping
cuspis
cuspis anterior valvae atrioventricularis dextrae/sinistrae
cuspis coronae
cuspis dentis

Literary usage of Cuspidation

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1897)
"... to rather abrupt changes in the tooth form, by which the cusps are rapidly worn away, one insular genus alone maintaining its ancestral cuspidation. ..."

2. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for by American Philosophical Society (1922)
"Left side of uncrushed skull, about one fifth natural size; view in absolute profile. Small size-variant with unreduced cuspidation in m3. ..."

3. The Journal of Anatomy and Physiology (1907)
"... show a gradual transition from incisors to molars with a corresponding complexity of cusps; so that cuspidation appears to be a very early phenomenon in ..."

4. Journal of Anatomy and Physiology (1870)
"The upper dental series closely corresponds in P. hispida and in the fossil, in size, arrangement, and cuspidation. Unfortunately the palate bones have not ..."

5. Allen's Synonyms and Antonyms by Frederic Sturges Allen (1920)
"... crewel, cuspidation, sprig, Moresque, fillet, fioritura, frontlet, patera, parure, patch, diadem, earring, motif (French), frog, button, frill, flounce, ..."

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