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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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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of cyma reversa1
1555鈥65; < New Latin: literally, reversed cyma
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A Glossary for Architectural Rubberneckers YOU can be an insufferable know-it-all with architectural terminology: 鈥淥h, that鈥檚 not a cyma recta, it鈥檚 a cyma reversa.鈥
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When the concave part is uppermost, it is called a cyma recta; but if the convex portion is at the top, it is called a cyma reversa.
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Its general section is that of a cyma reversa surmounted by a flattened torus, and its appearance that of a vase decorated with curvilinear and geometrical tracery.
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