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entasis

entasis [ éntəssiss ]


noun 
Definition:
 
bulge in architectural column: in architecture, a slight bulge in the shaft of a column, designed to counter the visual impression of concavity that a perfectly straight column would give

[Mid-18th century. < Greek, 'straining' < teinein 'to stretch']
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