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cyma recta

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cyma recta

[rek-tuh]
–noun Architecture.
a cyma whose concave part projects beyond the convex part.


Origin:
1695–1705; < NL: lit., straight cyma
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cyma rec·ta   (rěk'tə)   
n.  A cyma in which the upper section is concave and the lower section convex.

[New Latin cȳma rēcta : cȳma, cyma + Latin rēcta, feminine of rēctus, straight, correct.]
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