cymoid

Related to cymoid: cyme

cy·moid

(sī′moid′)

adj.

1. Architecture Resembling a cyma.

2. Botany Resembling a cyme.

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cymoid

(ˈsaɪmɔɪd)

adj

1. (Architecture) architect botany resembling a cyme or cyma

2. (Botany) architect botany resembling a cyme or cyma

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Many decades of mining experience have shown that ore shoots within transverse veins generally occurred: a) where quartzite or greenstone is present on one or both walls of the vein; b) adjacent to, or in, the footwall of cross-faults; c) at vein junctions or cymoid loops; or d) where the veins change dip.

Great mining camps of Canada 1. The history and geology of the Keno Hill Silver Camp, Yukon Territory

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