entasis
Meaning of entasis
noun
a slight convex curve in the shaft of a column, introduced to correct the visual illusion of concavity produced by a straight shaft.
mid 17th century: modern Latin, from Greek, from enteinein ‘to stretch or strain’.
Information about entasis
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Hyphenation of entasis
en-ta-sis
- It consists of 3 syllables and 7 chars.
- entasis is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
Anagrams of entasis
nasties, Seistan, Sestian, seitans, sestina, Staines, tansies, tisanes
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