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CYMATIUM
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Irregular inflected form: cymatia
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(architecture) a molding for a cornice; in profile it is shaped like an S (partly concave and partly convex)
Synonyms:
cyma; cymatium
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("cymatium" 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 "cymatium"):
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)
