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‖ entasis|ˈɛntəsɪs|
[mod.L., a. Gr. ἔντασις, f. ἐντα-, ἐντείνειν to strain.]
1. Arch. ‘A delicate and almost imperceptible swelling of the shaft of a column’ (Gwilt).
1827Gentl. Mag. XCVII. ii. 605 The very idea of an entasis in the columns. 18..Nat. Encycl. I. 202 They diminish, with an imperceptible entasis. 1866Felton Anc. & Mod. Gr. II. viii. 144 The external lines of the columns are carved also, forming a hyperbolic entasis.
†2. Pathol. ‘Old term for tonic spasm’ (Syd. Soc. Lex.).
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