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In profile it is partly concave and partly convex
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cymatium
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Cymatium molding appears at the top of the cornice in the classical order , and made of the s-shaped cyma molding (either cyma recta or cyma reversa). It is characteristic of Ionic columns and can appear as part of the entablature , the epistylium, and ...
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Cymatium \Cy*ma"ti*um\ (s?-m?"sh?-?m), n. [L., fr. Gr. ?????, dim. of ???? a wave.] (Arch.) A capping or crowning molding in classic architecture.
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n. (architecture) a molding for a cornice; in profile it is partly concave and partly convex [syn: cyma ] [also: cymatia (pl)]
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n. 1 (context architecture English) A molding on the cornice. 2 (context architecture English) A type of molding that is wavelike in form.