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  • adjective Having cusps

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Examples

  • Between a conflict with a cuspy DM model and an isothermal isodense core, I would bet money that the later would have to give.

    Astronomers Find Black Holes Do Not Absorb Dark Matter | Universe Today 2010

  • The only thing that doesn't quite jam with current models is that: "These limits suggest dark halo density structures are characterised by constant density central regions, rather than divergent cuspy profiles."

    Astronomers Find Black Holes Do Not Absorb Dark Matter | Universe Today 2010

  • As a cuspy second/third wave feminist, I tend to pick and choose amongst the dictates of contemporary femininity.

    Calgon, Take Me Away Becca 2005

  • As a cuspy second/third wave feminist, I tend to pick and choose amongst the dictates of contemporary femininity.

    Archive 2005-04-01 Becca 2005

  • The dark matter halo would produce just the right sort of signal, since it’s presumably highly cuspy in the center, leading to high rates of the sorts of interactions which might lead to detectable photons, but only near the center of the galaxy.

    Dark Matter: Still Dark. Julianne 2008

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