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the exact moment before something tips, where everything interesting actually lives
means The point or edge where one thing is about to become another — a turning point, threshold, or pointed tip between two states.
from From Latin 'cuspis,' meaning a point, spear, or pointed end. The word arrived in English largely through astronomy and astrology, where a 'cusp' marked the boundary between two zodiac signs or astrological houses — the dividing line where one influence yields to the next. From there it spread to anatomy (the points of a tooth or a heart valve), geometry (where two curves meet at a point), and finally to everyday speech, where being 'on the cusp' means hovering right at the edge of change.
- math meaning
- a sharp point where a curve reverses direction
- astrology myth
- no, you cannot be born on two signs
- anatomy
- the pointy bits on your teeth are cusps
- heart valves
- flaps controlling blood flow are called cusps
- latin root
- from cuspis, meaning a spear point
cusp of capricornus — astronomical point where the sun enters capricorn around december 21-22 each year
cusp of gemini — astrological boundary where sun transitions from taurus to gemini around may 20-21