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CYMA (Gr. Kvaa, wave)
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V07,
Page 690
of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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See also:CYMA (Gr. Kvaa, See also:wave) , in See also:architecture, a moulding of See also:double curvature, See also:concave at one end, See also:convex at the other . When the concave See also:part is uppermost, it is called a See also:cyma recta; but if the convex portion is at the See also:top, it is called a cyma reversa . |
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