cyma
Americannoun
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Architecture. either of two moldings having a partly convex and partly concave curve for an outline: used especially in classical architecture.
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Botany. a cyme.
noun
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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
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botany a rare variant of cyme
Etymology
Origin of cyma
1555–65; < New Latin < Greek kŷma something swollen, a wave, wavy molding, sprout, equivalent to ký ( ein ) to be pregnant + -ma noun suffix
Example Sentences
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When the crowning moulding of an entablature is of the cyma form, it is called a “cymatium.”
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 8 "Cube" to "Daguerre, Louis" by Various
The parapet above, including its cyma and corona, is one half the height of the parapet below.
From The Ten Books on Architecture by Vitruvius Pollio
When the concave part is uppermost, it is called a cyma recta; but if the convex portion is at the top, it is called a cyma reversa.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 8 "Cube" to "Daguerre, Louis" by Various
Cym′agraph, an instrument for tracing the outline of mouldings; Cymā′tium, a cyma.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various
The corresponding cyma was of the same material and similarly decorated.
From The American Journal of Archaeology, 1893-1 by Various
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