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How to pronounce cyma in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms cymatium
Type of molding, moulding
Has types cyma reversa, ogee, cyma recta

Examples of cyma

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The ceiling is supported by eight large cyma reversa brackets, all in the Italian manner.
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Cyma Zarghami, Nickelodeon's president, said some parents take their children to Disney theme parks out of nostalgia for family vacations of their youth.
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The Corinthian order adds a far more ornate frieze, divided, from bottom to top, into the cyma reversa, the dentils, the ovulo, the modillions, the fascia, and the cyma recta.
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  • (architecture) a molding for a cornice; in profile it is shaped like an S (partly concave and partly convex)
  • A type of moulding that is wavelike in form
  • A distinctive 'S' shaped double curve, commonly found on chair arms