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Cyma

noun

(pl. cymae)

(architecture) a molding for a cornice; in profile it is shaped like an S (partly concave and partly convex). Synonym: cymatium.

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... Greek architecture than the variety, the grace, and the beauty of the mouldings, generally in eccentric curves. The general outline of the moulding is a gracefully flowing cyma, or wave, concave at one end and convex at the other, like an Italic f, the concavity and convexity being exactly in the same curve, according to the line of beauty ...

— Beacon Lights of History, Volume III • John Lord

Words linked to "Cyma" : moulding, cyma reversa, ogee, molding, Greco-Roman architecture, classical architecture