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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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 {Ogee}, a cyma swelling out on the upper part and hollow below. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: cyma n : (classical architecture) a molding for a cornice; in profile it is partly concave and partly convex [syn: {cymatium}]
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