entasis
NOUN
Architecture
A slight convex curve in the shaft of a column,
introduced to correct the visual illusion of concavity produced by a straight
shaft.
Example sentences
‘Not only does this polysemy make it an enigmatic
signifier, but the computer-perfected entasis makes it a good example of
propositional beauty - the central planned skyscraper with elegant double
curves shooting to the sky.’
‘The entasis of this skyscraper, like that of a Doric
column, leads to a new kind of propositional beauty, one worked out digitally.’
Origin
Mid 17th century: modern Latin, from Greek, from
enteinein ‘to stretch or strain’.
Pronunciation
entasis/ˈɛntəsɪs/
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