(n.) A triangular protection from the intrados of an arch, or from an inner curve of tracery.
(n.) The beginning or first entrance of any house in the calculations of nativities, etc.
(n.) The point or horn of the crescent moon or other crescent-shaped luminary.
(n.) A multiple point of a curve at which two or more branches of the curve have a common tangent.
(n.) A prominence or point, especially on the crown of a tooth.
(n.) A sharp and rigid point.
(v. t.) To furnish with a cusp or cusps.
Example Sentences:
(1) But at least one customer signalled that America's gun lobby might be on the cusp of a moment of introspection.
(2) Multiple determination of size, shape, and diameter of the left atrium were made during the control state and under conditions of varied ventricular outflow resistance in intact anesthetized dogs with markers chronically attached to the mitral annulus and the valve cusps.
(3) The edge of the valve leaflet and the other 2 cusps were intact.
(4) However, the height of the hypoconid, which was the highest in the lower molar cusps, showed almost the same mean value as the height of the upper three principal cusps, indicating that the height of the main functional cusp, in both upper and lower first molars, was almost the same.
(5) In lower second deciduous molars, the buccal margin of the cavity was positioned 1.7 mm medially to the summit of the distobuccal cusp and 1.2-1.3 mm medially to the summits of the other buccal cusps.
(6) A high origin of the right coronary artery or location of the left coronary artery adjacent to a pulmonary cusp or branch may complicate the tunnel-type repair.
(7) In the remainder a wide spectrum of abnormalities was found such as prolapse of the mitral valve (in 13.6%), bicuspid aortal valve with a medium regurgitation (4.5%), hypoplasia of the coronary cusp of the aortal valve (4.5%), dilatation of the ascending aorta with a residual significant stenosis at the site after operation of coarctation of the thoracic aorta (4.5%), subaortal defect of the interventricular septum (4.5%) and slight left ventricular hypertrophy in patients with arterial hypertension (9.1%).
(8) The ruptures and calcifications of the cusps were most commonly observed in commissure.
(9) The commonest cause of failure in young patients was calcification, while in older patients it was cusp rupture.
(10) The results indicate that the tongue-to-teeth contact area of each sound differ from the others, however, it's range is confined within cervical half of lingual surface of incisors and lingual cusps of molars.
(11) In the light of experience acquired in our Echocardiography Laboratory, we recommend, in accordance with data from the literature, the exclusive use of pulsed Doppler and measurement of valve orifices by two-dimensional imaging at the point of insertion of the aortic and sigmoid cusps as well as at the mitral ring.
(12) In 9 of 21 rats a fair or good result was observed, although it did not seem possible to create a fully competent valve with only one cusp blade in the 1.5-mm-diam caval veins.
(13) He underwent single cusp replacement in January 1967.
(14) Then the graft was cut longitudinally on the side of the non-coronary cusp so as to make operative procedure easier.
(15) Destruction of the cusps was seen in three cases and calcification of the cusps developed in three cases.
(16) In a small number of cases, the amount and type of cuspal movement and the degree of dye penetration was variable, depending on cavity design and the composite used, but generally cusp movement was unaffected by variation in cavity outline.
(17) Cardiac ultrasonography demonstrated multiple, central diastolic aortic valve cusp echoes consistent with a thickened, calcified, tricuspid aortic valve.
(18) In conclusion, transesophageal echocardiography and color flow Doppler are superior to transthoracic imaging in estimating bioprosthetic mitral, but not aortic regurgitation, in differentiating valvular from paravalvular regurgitation, and in demonstrating thickened valves due to cusp degeneration.
(19) The valve was composed of 4 cusps of different size and shape.
(20) In conclusion, TAV occurred more frequently at the noncoronary cusp than at the right or left coronary cusp.
Zodiac
Definition:
(n.) An imaginary belt in the heavens, 16¡ or 18¡ broad, in the middle of which is the ecliptic, or sun's path. It comprises the twelve constellations, which one constituted, and from which were named, the twelve signs of the zodiac.
(n.) A figure representing the signs, symbols, and constellations of the zodiac.
(n.) A girdle; a belt.
Example Sentences:
(1) The claim made by astrologers that people can be characterized according to their sign of the zodiac (sagitarius, taurus, cancer, scorpion) must be refuted.
(2) The inner solar system is filled with dust between the planets, called the zodiacal cloud, which starts out at the asteroid belt and slowly drifts towards the sun.
(3) The images’ meanings are not always clear and Boyko is in little rush to explain, but the names of his parents – Alexander and Irina – can be made out along with the Aquarius zodiac sign and, for whatever reason, Dracula.
(4) The Chinese characters which mean "one mind," eagles, dragons, some of 12 zodiacal animals, flowers, and flowers and butterflies or birds were also frequent.
(5) She does not make things easy for herself: she has organised her 800-page epic according to astrological principles, so that characters are not only associated with signs of the zodiac, or the sun and moon (the "luminaries" of the title), but interact with each other according to the predetermined movement of the heavens, while each of the novel's 12 parts decreases in length over the course of the book to mimic the moon waning through its lunar cycle.
(6) The golden heads of zodiac animals, a reference to a famous set that decorated a fountain in an imperial palace outside Beijing until they were looted by Anglo-French troops during the opium wars, will stand keeping watch in the enormous dining room, which is still used by the family on grand occasions.
(7) The Temple offers a kaleidoscope of incense-scented mayhem, where golden centaurs and exotic urns sprawl alongside zodiac drapes and musky shrines to the Virgin Mary, Lakshmi and other female icons.
(8) This brief note deals with the development of alternative perspectives on the provocative, and as yet unexplained result of an earlier study in which groups of people born under different astrological zodiac signs were found to differ markedly in their scores on the California Psychological Inventory (CPI) scale described as a measure of "Femininity."
(9) Photograph: Sony Pictures Classics Truth review: Blue Jasmine in the 60 Minutes newsroom, with a twist Read more Zodiac screenwriter James Vanderbilt’s directorial debut about the Rathergate scandal that ended the careers of veteran CBS newsman Dan Rather (played by Robert Redford) and 60 Minutes producer Mary Mapes (Cate Blanchett) has been eclipsed by Spotlight , this year’s other journalistic thriller.
(10) Ai Weiwei's snake from his circle of animals zodiac heads.
(11) At 35 minutes, watching it was bizarre and exhausting, but its real tone leaps off the printed page in CSPAN’s all-caps transcript : it reads like a Zodiac letter .
(12) Some were related to drug abuse, criminality of gangs, or contained magic symbolism or personal data such as zodiac signs and initials (about 4% each).
(13) It is more likely to be due to observance of Hinoe-Uma (Elder Fire-Horse), which comes round every sixty years by zodiac almanac.
(14) The 40-foot Zodiac called the BS SHEEN that I donated to Mr [Sea Shepherd leader Paul] Watson’s tireless and heroic efforts, has been shamefully seized.
(15) Zodiac is a serial-killer movie where – spoiler alert, kids – they never find the culprit.
(16) The statistical analysis did not reveal any correlation between signs of the zodiac and personality.
(17) Across the world, other would-be saviours are taking advantage of the Chinese zodiac to press home the need for changes in consumption and development patterns.
(18) Though Fincher recoils at the thought of lumping Zuckerberg in with the loner sociopaths that populate much of his previous work – Seven , Fight Club , Panic Room , Zodiac – he steered Jesse Eisenberg , playing the lead, towards maximum opacity by making references to Robert De Niro's character in Taxi Driver.
(19) We investigated whether personality traits measured by means of the differentiated "Freiburger personality inventory" (FPI) could in any way be correlated to the signs of the zodiac under which the young men were born.
(20) There are 23 pairs of chromosomes in the human body; zodiac signs usually change on the 23rd of the month; that crazy bomber dude in the film Airport even sat in seat 23.