cyma noun. ['sʌɪmǝ] M16.
[mod. Latin from Greek kuma billow, wave, wavy moulding, from kuein become pregnant.]
1. Architecture. An ogee moulding of a cornice. M16.
cyma recta ['rɛktǝ] [= straight]: having the concave part of the curve uppermost. cyma reversa [rɪ'vǝ:sǝ] [= reversed]: having the convex part of the curve uppermost.

2. Botany. = CYME noun 2. E18.

■ cymagraph noun an instrument for tracing the contours of mouldings M19.

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