cyma
Architecture. either of two moldings having a partly convex and partly concave curve for an outline: used especially in classical architecture.: Compare cyma recta, cyma reversa.
Botany. a cyme.
Origin of cyma
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How to use cyma in a sentence
The corresponding cyma was of the same material and similarly decorated.
The cornice is of grey marble with a 'cyma recta' section, and is carved with an upright leaf.
Byzantine Churches in Constantinople | Alexander Van MillingenThe Doric cyma is commonly called the beak-moulding, the Lesbian cyma the cyma reversa.
History of Ancient Art | Franz von ReberWhen the crowning moulding of an entablature is of the cyma form, it is called a “cymatium.”
The parapet above, including its cyma and corona, is one half the height of the parapet below.
Ten Books on Architecture | Vitruvius
British Dictionary definitions for cyma
/ (ˈsaɪmə) /
either of two mouldings having a double curve, part concave and part convex. Cyma recta has the convex part nearer the wall and cyma reversa has the concave part nearer the wall
botany a rare variant of cyme
Origin of cyma
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