Definition of Cuspidal

1. Adjective. Having cusps or points.

Exact synonyms: Cuspate, Cuspated, Cusped, Cuspidate, Cuspidated
Similar to: Angular, Angulate
Derivative terms: Cusp, Cuspid

Definition of Cuspidal

1. a. Ending in a point.

Definition of Cuspidal

1. Adjective. Having cusps ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Cuspidal

1. having a cusp [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cuspidal

cusp angle
cusp height
cusp of Carabelli
cusp of tooth
cuspad
cuspal
cuspal interference
cuspate
cuspated
cusped
cusped geometry
cusper
cuspers
cuspid
cuspid tooth
cuspidal (current term)
cuspidate
cuspidated
cuspidation
cuspidations
cuspides
cuspidine
cuspidor
cuspidors
cuspids
cuspier
cuspiest
cuspiness
cusping
cuspis

Literary usage of Cuspidal

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

1. A Treatise on the Analytic Geometry of Three Dimensions by George Salmon (1882)
"considered are true both for the cuspidal edge and the series of characteristics which that edge touches. The same thing may be stated otherwise as follows: ..."

2. The American Mathematical Monthly by Mathematical Association of America (1922)
"From this it is evident that only one of the D and F envelopes can be cuspidal, except in a special case to be mentioned presently, when both may be so. ..."

3. Introductory Course in Differential Equations for Students in Classical and by Daniel Alexander Murray (1897)
"Equation of the cuspidal locus. The general solution <£ (cc, y, c) — 0 may represent a set of curves each of which has a cusp. These curves being supposed ..."

4. A Treatise on the Application of Analysis to Solid Geometry by Duncan Farquharson Gregory, William Walton (1852)
"Every developable surface has a cuspidal edge peculiar to itself; in the case of cones, it is reduced to a point, and, in cylinders, this point is removed ..."

5. The Collected Mathematical Papers of Arthur Cayley: Supplementary Volume by Arthur Cayley (1898)
"cuspidal Conic : of centre-surface, vm, 352—7. cuspidal Cubic : vii, 561. cuspidal Curves : and cubic surfaces, vi, 450 ; (»ее also Cubic Surfaces, ..."

6. Mathematical Questions and Solutions, from "The Educational Times", with edited by Constance I Marks (1901)
"... (3) the projection of C on the jw-plane is the cuspidal quartic called by the French a toupie or piriforme ; (4) the projection of C on the ..."

7. A Treatise on the Analytic Geometry of Three Dimensions by George Salmon (1882)
"considered are true both for the cuspidal edge and the series of characteristics which that edge touches. The same thing may be stated otherwise as follows: ..."

8. The American Mathematical Monthly by Mathematical Association of America (1922)
"From this it is evident that only one of the D and F envelopes can be cuspidal, except in a special case to be mentioned presently, when both may be so. ..."

9. Introductory Course in Differential Equations for Students in Classical and by Daniel Alexander Murray (1897)
"Equation of the cuspidal locus. The general solution <£ (cc, y, c) — 0 may represent a set of curves each of which has a cusp. These curves being supposed ..."

10. A Treatise on the Application of Analysis to Solid Geometry by Duncan Farquharson Gregory, William Walton (1852)
"Every developable surface has a cuspidal edge peculiar to itself; in the case of cones, it is reduced to a point, and, in cylinders, this point is removed ..."

11. The Collected Mathematical Papers of Arthur Cayley: Supplementary Volume by Arthur Cayley (1898)
"cuspidal Conic : of centre-surface, vm, 352—7. cuspidal Cubic : vii, 561. cuspidal Curves : and cubic surfaces, vi, 450 ; (»ее also Cubic Surfaces, ..."

12. Mathematical Questions and Solutions, from "The Educational Times", with edited by Constance I Marks (1901)
"... (3) the projection of C on the jw-plane is the cuspidal quartic called by the French a toupie or piriforme ; (4) the projection of C on the ..."

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