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CYMA

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Irregular inflected form: cymae  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

cyma; cymatium

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("cyma" is a kind of...):

molding; moulding (a decorative strip used for ornamentation or finishing)

Domain category:

classical architecture; Greco-Roman architecture (architecture influenced by the ancient Greeks or Romans)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "cyma"):

cyma recta (a cyma in which the upper section is concave and the lower section is convex)

cyma reversa; ogee (a molding that (in section) has the shape of an S with the convex part above and the concave part below)

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