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entases

entases is the plural of entasis.

Meaning of entasis

Noun

entasis (countable and uncountable, plural entases)

  1. A slight convex curvature introduced into the shaft of a column for aesthetic reasons, or to compensate for the illusion of concavity.
    • It was simply the curve of the entasis, approximating infinitely near to a catenary or to a very flat hyperbola. He could not definitely say whether it was one or the other, but it was nearer to these curves than to the old-fashioned straight line.1859, Journal of the Society of Arts, volume 7, page 484

Questions about entases

What is entases the plural of?
Entases is the plural of entasis.

Words near entases in the dictionary

  1. entangling
  2. entanglingly
  3. entanglings
  4. entanglon
  5. entanglons
  6. entases
  7. entasia
  8. entasis
  9. entastic
  10. entatic
  11. entaxonic

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