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Cyma

Cyma \Cy"ma\ (s[imac]"m[.a]) n. [NL., fr. Gr. ky^ma See Cyme]

  1. (Arch.) A member or molding of the cornice, the profile of which is wavelike in form.

  2. (Bot.) A cyme. See Cyme.

    Cyma recta, or Cyma, a cyma, hollow in its upper part and swelling below.

    Cyma reversa, or Cyma Ogee, a cyma swelling out on the upper part and hollow below.

Wiktionary
cyma

n. 1 (context architecture English) A (l en moulding) of the (l en cornice), (l en wavelike) in (l en form), whose (l en outline) consists of a (l en concave) and a (l en convex) line; an (l en ogee). 2 (context botany English) = (l en cyme)

WordNet
cyma
  1. n. (architecture) a molding for a cornice; in profile it is partly concave and partly convex [syn: cymatium]

  2. [also: cymae (pl)]

Wikipedia
Cyma

Cyma may refer to either:

  • A style of decorative molding
  • CYMA – Canadian Youth Mission to Armenia, a Canadian-run humanitarian program
  • CYMA Airsoft, an airsoft replica manufacturer
  • Cyma Watches, a Swiss watch-making company
  • Cyma Ltd, a New Zealand based niche Information Systems architecture consultancy.
  • Cyma Zarghami, the president of Nickelodeon and MTV Networks' Kids & Family Group
  • The ICAO code for Mayo Airport

Usage examples of "cyma".

The corresponding cyma was of the same material and similarly decorated.

Furthermore just such cyma pieces have been discovered belonging to other structures in Olympia and amid the pre-Persian ruins on the Acropolis of Athens.

They had a Cyma automatic wrist watch on a leather strap, and a pair of glasses in a leather case.

Deon, son of Andrew, son of Cyma, of the city of Daean in the province of Kleonea, and I did not kill Nella!

He moved the plass to and fro on the bar in erratic cyma recta curves.