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Definition of: cymatium
(si·mā′shē·əm) noun plural ·ti·a (-shē·ə) Archit.
A cyma; hence, any molding that caps a division of an entablature, separating it from the next. [<L <Gk. kymation, dim of kyma a wave]
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