Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A cyma in which the upper section is concave and the lower section convex.
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- noun architecture A
cyma (moulding )concave in itsupper part, andconvex in itslower part.
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- noun a cyma in which the upper section is concave and the lower section is convex
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[New Latin cȳma rēcta : cȳma, cyma + Latin rēcta, feminine of rēctus, straight, correct.]
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cyma + Latin rēcta ("straight")
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