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cuspal

English translation: cuspal

03:27 May 19, 2007
English language (monolingual) [PRO]
Medical - Medical: Dentistry
English term or phrase: cuspal
Enamels are opalescent shades matching the color of tooth enamel:
Neutral, Light, Gray, Cuspal, & White.
Iolanta Vlaykova Paneva
Canada
Local time: 23:03
Selected answer:cuspal
Explanation:
Since your sentence suggests that those are colors of the tooth enamel, cuspal might mean "the original color of the pointed part of the tooth." It is not white, gray or anything else but the original color.
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Cagdas Karatas
Türkiye
Local time: 06:03
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4 +1just a commercial/trade name
Alexander Demyanov
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Cagdas Karatas


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cuspal


Explanation:
Since your sentence suggests that those are colors of the tooth enamel, cuspal might mean "the original color of the pointed part of the tooth." It is not white, gray or anything else but the original color.

Cagdas Karatas
Türkiye
Local time: 06:03
Native speaker of: Turkish
PRO pts in category: 4
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7 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
just a commercial/trade name


Explanation:
There doesn't seem to be a proper color name "cuspal" used outside of the particular terminology field (dentures).

It's common practice for different industries, e.g. textile manufacturing, to invent names for colors used for their products.

Judging from the id number assigned to it, cuspal must be a shade between "neutral" and "clear":

Neutral 232513
Light 232512
Grey 232516
Cuspal 232514
Clear 232515

http://www.kerrhawe.com/learning/publications/2007catalog/en...

For untrained human eye it would be difficult to recognize the particular shade unless it is placed between its adjacent shades ("neutral" and "clear")

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Note added at 8 hrs (2007-05-19 11:27:30 GMT)
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I'd say, translate just like you would translate "cuspal", in its proper - not color-related - meaning, into your language.

Alexander Demyanov
Local time: 23:03
Native speaker of: Native in RussianRussian
PRO pts in category: 3

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  AhmedAMS
14 mins
  -> Thanks, Ahmed!
neutral  MMUlr: Just confirmed Cuspal in their German product catalog --> http://www.kerrhawe.com/learning/publications/2007catalog/ge... - but it's not a 'trade name', however, Cuspal may remain (e.g. technical term Interkuspidation).
53 mins
  -> How is it not a trade color shade name? Did you find this color in non-dental contexts?
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