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sima

[ sahy-muh ]

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Geology.

an assemblage of rocks, rich in silica and magnesium, that constitutes the lower layer of the earth's crust and is found beneath the ocean floors and the sial of continents.

sima

[ sahy-muh ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

Architecture.

the uppermost member of a full classical order, usually a cyma recta, representing a roof gutter; cymatium.

sima

/ saɪˈmætɪk; ˈsaɪmə /

the silicon-rich and magnesium-rich rocks of the earth's oceanic crust, the most abundant individual rock being basalt
the earth's continental lower crust, probably comprised of gabbro rather than basalt

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Origin of sima¹

< German (1909), equivalent to Latin si ( licium ) silicium + ma ( gnesium ) magnesium

Origin of sima²

Variant of cyma

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Origin of sima¹

C20: from si ( lica ) + ma ( gnesia )

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The staple food is "sima", a maize flour mixed with water.

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“Mar�a pur�sima,” he exclaimed, “you cannot mean, se�orita, that you, all alone, will deliver the City of Mexico into our hands?”

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Maria Sant�sima; look at my poor brother all alone without the power to speak or rise!

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I refer to the colored regiments, who occupied the right and left flanks of us at Gu�simas, the Ninth and Tenth cavalry regiments.

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This sima is sometimes continued along the long sides of the building, and sometimes not.

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