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ALL meanings of cyma

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  • noun cyma 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 3
  • noun cyma a molding of a cornice, whose profile is a line partly convex and partly concave 3
  • noun cyma A cornice molding with an S-shaped cross section. 1
  • noun plural cyma Architecture. either of two moldings having a partly convex and partly concave curve for an outline: used especially in classical architecture. Compare cyma recta, cyma reversa. 1
  • noun plural cyma Botany. a cyme. 1
  • noun cyma (architecture) A moulding of the cornice, wavelike in form, whose outline consists of a concave and a convex line; an ogee. 0
  • noun cyma (botany) = cyme. 0
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