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entasises

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en⋅ta⋅sis

  [en-tuh-sis]
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–noun Architecture.
a slight convexity given to a column or tower, as to correct an optical illusion.
Origin:
1745–55; < Gk, equiv. to enta- (var. s. of enteínein to stretch tight, equiv. to en- en- 2 + teínein to stretch) + -sis -sis
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