Weird Word Wednesday
entasisNOUN
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.’OriginMid 17th century: modern Latin, from Greek, from enteinein ‘to stretch or strain’.Pronunciationentasis/ˈɛntəsɪs/
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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.’OriginMid 17th century: modern Latin, from Greek, from enteinein ‘to stretch or strain’.Pronunciationentasis/ˈɛntəsɪs/
Kelley HeckartOtherworldly tales steeped in myth, magic & romance.http://www.kelleyheckart.comhttp://kelleysrealm.blogspot.com/http://twitter.com/CelticChickhttps://www.facebook.com/kelleyheckartauthorhttp://www.goodreads.com/kheckartAmazon Author Page: https://www.amazon.com/Kelley-Heckart/e/B002BMOQ3C
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