entasis

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[Footnote: Observe that the entasis is so slight that the lowest diameter of the shaft is always the greatest diameter.

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  1. noun A slight convexity or swelling, as in the shaft of a column, intended to compensate for the illusion of concavity resulting from straight sides.

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  • [Footnote: Observe that the entasis is so slight that the lowest diameter of the shaft is always the greatest diameter. —  A History of Greek Art
  • A column of the Parthenon, with its inclination, its tapering, its entasis, and its fluting, could not have been constructed without the most conscientious skill. —  A History of Greek Art
  • This addition to the form of a truncated cone is the entasis. —  A History of Greek Art
  • Footnote: Observe that the entasis is so slight that the lowest diameter of the shaft is always the greatest diameter. —  A History of Greek Art
  • In some early Doric temples, as the one at Assos in Asia Minor, there is no entasis. —  A History of Greek Art
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  1. Latin, from Greek, tension, from enteinein, to stretch tight : en-, intensive pref.; see en-2 + teinein, to stretch; see ten- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. New Latin, from Greek ἒντασις, a stretching, distention, from ἐντείνειν (= Latin inten-d-ere), stretch, from ἐν, in, on, + τείνειν = Latin ten-d-ere, stretch: see tend.
 

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