Terms vs Cymoid - What's the difference?
terms | cymoid |
??Cyme''' (), ''a.''?[f. Cyma + -oid.?Resembling a cyma.?'''1815''' T. Forster ''Atmos. Phenom.'' 145 Before storms a feature of cirrostratus appears, of a cymoid figure, like some architectural ornaments.?''Ibid.'' 193 The curious cymoid feature..is not merely alternate bars, but the bars are curiously curved.?' 1846 in Worcester, and in later Dicts. * “
As a noun terms
is .As an adjective cymoid is
(architecture) resembling a (l) or cymoid can be (botany) having the form of a (l).cymoid
English
Etymology 1
Alternative forms
* (l) (rare)References
* “Cymoid, a.'']” listed on page 1,303 of volume II (C) of ''A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles'' [1st ed., 1893]
??Cyme''' (), ''a.''?[f. Cyma + -oid.?Resembling a cyma.?'''1815''' T. Forster ''Atmos. Phenom.'' 145 Before storms a feature of cirrostratus appears, of a cymoid figure, like some architectural ornaments.?''Ibid.'' 193 The curious cymoid feature..is not merely alternate bars, but the bars are curiously curved.?' 1846 in Worcester, and in later Dicts. * “
cymoid, a.'']” listed in the ''Oxford English Dictionary [2nd ed., 1989