Associations to the word «Cyma»

Wiktionary

CYMA, noun. (architecture) A moulding of the cornice, wavelike in form, whose outline consists of a concave and a convex line; an ogee.
CYMA, noun. (botany) = cyme
CYMA INVERSA, noun. (rare) = cyma reversa
CYMA RECTA, noun. (architecture) A cyma (moulding) concave in its upper part, and convex in its lower part.
CYMA RECTUM, noun. (rare) = cyma recta
CYMA REVERSA, noun. (architecture) A cyma (moulding) convex in its upper part, and concave in its lower part.

Dictionary definition

CYMA, noun. (architecture) a molding for a cornice; in profile it is shaped like an S (partly concave and partly convex).

Wise words

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