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cyma reversa

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cy⋅ma re⋅ver⋅sa

[ri-vur-suh]
–noun Architecture.
a cyma whose convex part projects beyond the concave part.
Also called Lesbian cyma, Lesbian cymatium.


Origin:
1555–65; < NL: lit., reversed cyma
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cyma re·ver·sa   (rĭ-vûr'sə)   
n.  A cyma in which the upper section is convex and the lower section concave.

[New Latin cȳma reversa : cȳma, cyma + Latin reversa, feminine of reversus, turned back.]
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