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cymatia

cymatia is the plural of cymatium.

Meaning of cymatium

Noun

cymatium (plural cymatiums or cymatia)

  1. A molding on the cornice, above the corona, often having a wavelike form (cyma).
    • The cornice only is carried around the room at the ceiling, and in the staircase hall only the cymatium and corona of the cornice; but over the archway, supported by a colonnade of four fluted round columns, a complete entablature with nicely worked classic detail is employed and given added...1920, Frank Cousins, Phil M. Riley, The Colonial Architecture of Philadelphia, Boston: Little, Brown, and Company

Questions about cymatia

What is cymatia the plural of?
Cymatia is the plural of cymatium.

Words near cymatia in the dictionary

  1. cymarosides
  2. cymars
  3. cymarylic acid
  4. cymas
  5. cymata
  6. cymatia
  7. cymatic
  8. cymatics
  9. cymatiid
  10. cymatiids
  11. cymatium

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