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cymation

American  
[si-may-shee-on, sahy-] / sɪˈmeɪ ʃiˌɒn, saɪ- /

noun

  • cymatia
    plural
  1. cymatium.


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Besides, there are fasciae running all round under the cymatia on the jambs, and apportioned so as to be equal to three sevenths of a jamb, excluding the cymatium.

From The Ten Books on Architecture by Vitruvius Pollio

So the corona with its cymatia is half a module in height.

From The Ten Books on Architecture by Vitruvius Pollio

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