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noun
A molding on the cornice, above the corona, often having a wavelike form (cyma).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: architecture
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noun
(architecture) a molding for a cornice; in profile it is shaped like an S (partly concave and partly convex)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: cyma
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Broader terms: molding, moulding
Narrower terms: cyma recta, ogee, cyma reversa
History
From Latin cȳmatium (“ogee”), from the Ancient Greek κῡμάτιον (kūmátion), the diminutive form of κῦμα (kûma, “wave”). Equivalent to Latin cȳmat(is) (“sprout, swelling, hollow sphere”) + -ium, stem of cȳma, from Ancient Greek κῡ́μᾰτος (kū́mătos, “wave, billow, swell, sprout, fetus”), genitive of κῦμα (kûma).
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