ENTASIS


Meaning of ENTASIS in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈen-tə-sis ]

noun

( plural en·ta·ses -tə-ˌsēz)

Etymology: Greek, literally, distension, stretching, from enteinen to stretch tight, from en- en- (II) + teinein to stretch — more at thin

Date: 1664

: a slight convexity especially in the shaft of a column

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.