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hypercusp

hypercusp noun: a singularity of a curve of some multiplicity r whose tangent cone is a single line meeting the curve with order r+1.

Noun

hypercusp (plural hypercusps)

  1. A singularity of a curve of some multiplicity r whose tangent cone is a single line meeting the curve with order r+1.

Forms of hypercusp

pluralhypercusps

Origin of hypercusp

From hyper- + cusp.

Questions about hypercusp

What does hypercusp mean?
Hypercusp means a singularity of a curve of some multiplicity r whose tangent cone is a single line meeting the curve with order r+1.
What part of speech is hypercusp?
Hypercusp is a noun.
What is the plural of hypercusp?
The plural of hypercusp is hypercusps.

Words near hypercusp in the dictionary

  1. hypercultures
  2. hypercupraemia
  3. hypercupremia
  4. hypercupremic
  5. hypercurved
  6. hypercusp
  7. hypercusps
  8. hypercyanotic
  9. hypercycle
  10. hypercycles
  11. hypercyclic

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