| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| cyma recta |
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| SYLLABICATION: | cyma rec·ta |
| PRONUNCIATION: | r k t |
| NOUN: | A cyma in which the upper section is concave and the lower section convex. | | ETYMOLOGY: | New Latin c ma r cta : c ma, cyma + Latin r cta, feminine of r ctus, straight, correct.
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