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cyma reversa
[ ri-vur-suh ]
noun
, Architecture.
- a cyma whose convex part projects beyond the concave part.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of cyma reversa1
1555–65; < New Latin: literally, reversed cyma
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Example Sentences
The Doric cyma is commonly called the beak-moulding, the Lesbian cyma the cyma reversa.
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