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Cyma

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun Cyma has 1 sense

cyma(n = noun.artifact) cymatium - (architecture) a molding for a cornice; in profile it is shaped like an S (partly concave and partly convex); Array

has particulars: cyma recta, cyma reversa, ogee

is a kind of molding, moulding

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CIDE DICTIONARY

Cyma, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ky^ma See Cyme].

A member or molding of the cornice, the profile of which is wavelike in form. [1913 Webster]
A cyme. See Cyme. [1913 Webster]

Cyma recta, or Cyma, a cyma, hollow in its upper part and swelling below. -- Cyma reversa, or Cyma Ogee, a cyma swelling out on the upper part and hollow below.

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

Cyma, n.
1 Archit. an ogee moulding of a cornice.
2 = CYME.

Etymology

mod.L f. Gk kuma wave, wavy moulding

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