cyma

cymatop: cyma rectabottom: cyma reversa

cy·ma

C0838400 (sī′mə)n. Either of two moldings, cyma recta or cyma reversa, having an undulating or S-shaped profile, used especially in classical architecture. Also called cymatium.

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[New Latin cȳma, from Greek kūma, wave, cyma, from kuein, to swell; see keuə- in Indo-European roots.]

cyma

(ˈsaɪmə) n, pl -mae (-miː) , -mas1. (Architecture) 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 wall2. (Botany) botany a rare variant of cyme[C16: from New Latin, from Greek kuma something swollen, from kuein to be pregnant]

cy•ma

(ˈsaɪ mə)

n., pl. -mae (-mē), -mas. either of two moldings having a partly convex and partly concave curve for an outline, used esp. in classical architecture. [1555–65; < New Latin < Greek kŷma something swollen, a wave, wavy molding, sprout =ký(ein) to be pregnant]

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cyma - (architecture) a molding for a cornice; in profile it is shaped like an S (partly concave and partly convex)cymatiumcyma recta - a cyma in which the upper section is concave and the lower section is convexmoulding, molding - a decorative strip used for ornamentation or finishingcyma reversa, ogee - a molding that (in section) has the shape of an S with the convex part above and the concave part belowclassical architecture, Greco-Roman architecture - architecture influenced by the ancient Greeks or Romans