(n.) A member or molding of the cornice, the profile of which is wavelike in form.
(n.) A cyme. See Cyme.
Example Sentences:
(1) The method is applicable to the determination of the following thioethers: 2-hydroxyethylmercapturic acid (N-acetyl-S-2-hydroxyethyl-L-cysteine; HMA), carboxymethylmercapturic acid (N-acetyl-S-carboxymethyl-L-cysteine; CAMA) and 2-cyanoethylmercapturic acid (N-acetyl-S-2-cyanoethyl-L-cysteine; CYMA), and the corresponding cysteine conjugates, S-2-hydroxyethyl-L-cysteine (HCYS), S-2-carboxymethyl-L-cysteine (CACYS) and S-2-cyanoethyl-L-cysteine (CYCYS).
Cyme
Definition:
(n.) A flattish or convex flower cluster, of the centrifugal or determinate type, differing from a corymb chiefly in the order of the opening of the blossoms.