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cyma

UK/ˈsaɪ.mə/ uncommon

noun

1.

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

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Origin

From New Latin cȳma (“young sprout or shoot of cabbage”) (whence the botanic usage of cyme), from Ancient Greek κῦμα (kûma, “swell, wave”, “cyma”, “sprout of a plant”), from κύω (kúō, “to conceive, to become pregnant”).

Phrases

  • cyma inversa
  • cyma rectum
  • cyma reversa

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