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Definition of Entasis

Entasis
Entasis En"ta*sis, n. [NL., from Gr. ? a stretching; fr. ?; ? in + ? to extend.] 1. (Arch.) A slight convex swelling of the shaft of a column. 2. (Med.) Same as Entasia.

Meaning of Entasis from wikipedia

- those with an entasis on the upper third of the shaft. Noted architects, such as the Renaissance master Andrea Palladio, also used entasis in the designs...
- Entasi (Gr****: Ένταση; English: Intensity) is the third studio album by Gr**** singer Kostas Martakis, released in Greece and Cyprus on 5 December 2011...
- Entasis is a Danish architecture firm based in Copenhagen. It takens its name from the Gr**** word for tension. Entasis was founded by Christian and Signe...
- government agreed and construction work began in May 1920. Lutyens added entasis (curvature) but otherwise made minimal design alterations. The Cenotaph...
- curvature of the stylobate, the taper of the naos walls, and the entasis of the columns". Entasis refers to the slight swelling, of 4 centimetres (1.6 in), in...
- Pyst Developer(s) Parroty Interactive Bergman-Stallone Entasis Publisher(s) Palladium Interactive Designer(s) Peter Bergman Writer(s) Peter Bergman Peter...
- that each column appears to have a slight swelling, called entasis below the middle. The entasis is never sufficiently pronounced as to make the swelling...
- unpredictability creates, is a state of entasis. (The opposite of entasis is stasis or staticness.) In normal human speech, Entasis is brought about by the flow...
- ISBN 0-553-07134-3 Gigliotti, Gilbert, editor. Ava Gardner: Touches of Venus. Entasis Press, 2010; ISBN 978-0-9800999-5-9 Grobel, Lawrence. "Conversations with...
- designed in one piece with a taper (typically a steel taper or a Gr**** entasis taper), or be made from multiple pieces to make them able to expand. In...