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Entasia
Entasia En*ta"si*a, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ?. See Entasis.] (Med.) Tonic spasm; -- applied generically to denote any disease characterized by tonic spasms, as tetanus, trismus, etc.
Entasis
Entasis En"ta*sis, n. [NL., from Gr. ? a stretching; fr. ?; ? in + ? to extend.] 1. (Arch.) A slight convex swelling of the shaft of a column. 2. (Med.) Same as Entasia.

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- In architecture, entasis is the application of a convex curve to a surface for aesthetic purposes, or increasing strength. Its best-known use is in certain...
- Entasi (Gr****: Ένταση; English: Intensity) is the third studio album by Gr**** singer Kostas Martakis, released in Greece and Cyprus on 5 December 2011...
- channel Official On YouTube. Martakis released his third studio album titled Entasi (Intensity) on December 5, 2011. In the lead up to the album's release,...
- Entasis is a Danish architecture firm based in Copenhagen. It takens its name from the Gr**** word for tension. Entasis was founded by Christian and Signe...
- Compared to later versions, the columns are much more m****ive, with a strong entasis or swelling, and wider capitals. The Temple of the Delians is a "peripteral"...
- of an order column; however, unlike it, a pilaster is usually devoid of entasis. Pilasters often appear on the sides of a door frame or window opening...
- unpredictability creates, is a state of entasis. (The opposite of entasis is stasis or staticness.) In normal human speech, Entasis is brought about by the flow...
- curvature of the stylobate, the taper of the naos walls, and the entasis of the columns". Entasis refers to the slight swelling, of 4 centimetres (1.6 in), in...
- "swelling" (entasis) of the shaft. Additionally, columns were placed with a slight inclination towards the centre of the building. Curvature and entasis occur...
- top and wider at the bottom to create the illusion of greater height (entasis), the Minoan columns are smaller at the bottom and wider at the top, a...