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Definition of Cymas
1. cyma [n] - See also: cyma
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cymas
Literary usage of Cymas
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. International Library of Technology: A Series of Textbooks for Persons by International Textbook Company (1907)
"The two fine lines in the center of the letter are i stroke apart and i stroke
from the cyma. The letter E is composed entirely of cymas and half ..."
2. Hooker's Journal of Botany and Kew Garden Miscellany by William Jackson Hooker (1849)
"... in cymas terminales dispositi. ... Flores parvi, in cymas laterales v. ...
Mores parvi in cymas latérales dispositi. ..."
3. Principles and Practice of Show-card Writing, Prepared in the Extension by Lawrence E. Blair (1922)
"... half cymas, and crescents are used in nearly every letter. A is sometimes made
with the thick stem vertical. ..."
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