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Entasis is the process whereby a Doric column is thickest at a point one-third from the base and then tapers to the top.
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It means the same as in the epidemic description, to "Strain". This was practiced mostly in the column's used in Greek architecture. This was done for several reasons. The first was add the look of strength to the columns and to possibly help with the drainage down the columns. They wanted these columns to resemble a strained muscle...
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