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[syn: cyma, cymatium]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Cyma \Cy"ma\ (s[imac]"m[.a]) n. [NL., fr. Gr. ky^ma See Cyme]
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1. (Arch.) A member or molding of the cornice, the profile of
which is wavelike in form.
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2. (Bot.) A cyme. See Cyme.
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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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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
cyma
n 1: (architecture) a molding for a cornice; in profile it is
shaped like an S (partly concave and partly convex) [syn:
cyma, cymatium]