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entasis

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7 lettersPronunciation /ˈɛntəsɪs/Part of speech nounSorted aeinsstStarts with EEnds with S0 clues
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Definitions

  1. A slight outward curve in a column shaft.

Word origin

From Latin entasis, from Ancient Greek ἔντασις (éntasis, “tension, straining”), from ἐντείνω (enteínō, “to stretch or strain tight”).

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  • The entasis varies in different temples and is not found in some, as, for instance, the temple of Athena Nike and in the east portico of the Erechtheum.

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