Entasis Definition

ĕntə-sĭs
entases
noun
A slight, convex swelling in the shaft of a column: it prevents the illusion of concavity produced by a perfectly straight shaft.
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Other Word Forms of Entasis

Noun

Singular:
entasis
Plural:
entases

Origin of Entasis

  • Latin from Greek tension from enteinein to stretch tight en- intensive pref. en–2 teinein to stretch ten- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Latin, from Ancient Greek έντασις (entasis, “tension, straining”), from εντείνω (enteino, “to stretch or strain tight”).

    From Wiktionary

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