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| en·ta·sis [ éntəssiss ] |
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bulge in architectural column: in architecture, a slight bulge in the shaft of a column, designed to counter the visual impression of concavity that a perfectly straight column would give
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| [Mid-18th century. < Greek, "straining" < teinein "to stretch"] |
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