Definition for CY-MA'TIUM, or CY'MA

CY-MA'TIUM, or CY'MA, n. [L.; Gr. κυματιον, a little wave, from κυμα, a wave.]

In architecture, a member or molding of the cornice, the profile of which is waving, that is, concave at the top and convex at the bottom.

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