"tasis" meaning in All languages combined

See tasis on Wiktionary

Noun [Asturian]

Head templates: {{head|ast|noun form}} tasis
  1. plural of tasi Tags: form-of, plural Form of: tasi
    Sense id: en-tasis-ast-noun-~ie5WTV1 Categories (other): Asturian entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries

Noun [English]

Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek τάσις (tásis, “stretching, tension, intensity”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|grc|τάσις||stretching, tension, intensity}} Ancient Greek τάσις (tásis, “stretching, tension, intensity”) Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} tasis (uncountable)
  1. (prosody) Extending the sound of an utterance for the pleasure of saying or hearing it. Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-tasis-en-noun-Mb7UoztR Categories (other): Prosody, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 75 25 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 75 25 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 84 16 Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, phonology, prosody, sciences
  2. (usually in combination, medicine) A stretching. Tags: in-compounds, uncountable, usually
    Sense id: en-tasis-en-noun-JFiYngMz Categories (other): Medicine Topics: medicine, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: iridotasis, myotasis
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