Definitions for cymas

cymas cy·ma

Spelling: [sahy-muh]
IPA: /ˈsaɪ mə/

Cymas is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 61 anagrams from letters in cymas (acmsy).

Definitions for cymas

noun

  1. Architecture. either of two moldings having a partly convex and partly concave curve for an outline: used especially in classical architecture. Compare cyma recta, cyma reversa.
  2. Botany. a cyme.

Origin of cymas

1555-65; New Latin Greek kŷma something swollen, a wave, wavy molding, sprout, equivalent to ký(ein) to be pregnant + -ma noun suffix

Examples for cymas

The members of the entablature are exceedingly high and heavy, as are the details, down to the trunnels and cyma.

The corona is bordered by the so-called Doric cyma, or beak-moulding, distantly resembling the scotia of Egypt and Mesopotamia.

When the crowning moulding of an entablature is of the cyma form, it is called a “cymatium.”

The parapet above, including its cyma and corona, is one half the height of the parapet below.

The cornice is of grey marble with a 'cyma recta' section, and is carved with an upright leaf.

The Doric cyma is commonly called the beak-moulding, the Lesbian cyma the cyma reversa.

Word Value for cymas
Scrable

11

Words with friends

12

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