cyma recta

[ rek-tuh ]

/ ˈrɛk tə /

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noun Architecture.

a cyma whose concave part projects beyond the convex part.

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Origin of cyma recta

1695–1705; <New Latin: literally, straight cyma

Of sections of the cone, he says, there are five species from the “recta linea” or line-pair to the circle.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 6|Various
The corresponding cyma was of the same material and similarly decorated.
The American Journal of Archaeology, 1893-1|Various
Recta L f incidit in x; is not proved; nor doth it follow from his Quare.
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society - Vol 1 - 1666|Various
(excepting P., which terminates with section 43) is there a word about umbra recta or umbra versa.
Chaucer's Works, Volume 3 (of 7)|Geoffrey Chaucer

The side-parts of the scale are called Umbra versa, the lower part Umbra recta or extensa.
Chaucer's Works, Volume 3 (of 7)|Geoffrey Chaucer