Cyma : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Cyma	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for Cyma
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
cyma n (architecture) a molding for a cornice; in profile it is shaped like an S (partly concave and partly convex) Synonym(s): cyma, cymatium
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Cyma \[d8]Cy"ma\ (s[imac]"m[adot]) 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] {Ogee}, a cyma swelling out on the upper part and hollow below.