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CYMA (Gr. Kvaa, wave)

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

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