CYMA (cymae)

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: cymae   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does cyma mean? 

• CYMA (noun)
  The noun CYMA has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: CYMA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CYMA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

cyma; cymatium

Hypernyms ("cyma" is a kind of...):

molding; moulding (a decorative strip used for ornamentation or finishing)

Domain category:

classical architecture; Greco-Roman architecture (architecture influenced by the ancient Greeks or Romans)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "cyma"):

cyma recta (a cyma in which the upper section is concave and the lower section is convex)

cyma reversa; ogee (a molding that (in section) has the shape of an S with the convex part above and the concave part below)