Associations to the word «Entasis»
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Wiktionary
ENTASIS, noun. (architecture) A slight convex curvature introduced into the shaft of a column for aesthetic reasons, or to compensate for the illusion of concavity.
Dictionary definition
ENTASIS, noun. A slight convexity in the shaft of a column; compensates for the illusion of concavity that viewers experience when the sides are perfectly straight.
Wise words
Life has no meaning unless one lives it with a will, at
least to the limit of one's will. Virtue, good, evil are
nothing but words, unless one takes them apart in order to
build something with them; they do not win their true
meaning until one knows how to apply them.