Word Direct Answers

What does "cusp" mean?

Cusp: (Astrol.) The beginning or first entrance of any house in the calculations of nativities, etc.

Additional senses

  1. 2.(Astron) The point or horn of the crescent moon or other crescent-shaped luminary.
  2. 3.(Math.) A multiple point of a curve at which two or more branches of the curve have a common tangent.
  3. 4.(Anat.) A prominence or point, especially on the crown of a tooth.
  4. 5.(Bot.) A sharp and rigid point.
  5. 6.To furnish with a cusp or cusps.

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