anta

4 letters in word "anta": A A N T.

Anagrams of anta:

• tana

Words found within anta:

aa an ana ant at na nat ta tan

• Definitions:
• The end of a wall treated as a pilaster. CP-83.
• (-ae): pilaster forming the ends of the lateral walls of a temple cella; when the façade consists of columns set between two antae, the columns are said to be in antis
• is the Authority established under subsection 5 (I) of the Australian National Training Authority Act 1992 of the Commonwealth of Australia. Queries should be directed to i[Level 5, 321 Exhibition Street, Melbourne, Victoria 3001 Ph: 61 3 9630 9800 Fx: 61 3 9630 9888 www.anta.gov.au
• is an Australian Government statutory authority providing a national and industry-led focus for vocational education and training. ANTA has been absorbed by the Department of Education, Science and Training (DEST) from 1 July 2005.
• An anta is a species of pier produced by the thickening of a wall at its termination, treated architecturally as a pilaster, with capital and base. Porches, when columns stand between two antae are called in Latin in antis. ©2007 The Probert Encyclopaedia. Data used under license.
• A type of projecting pier (like a pilaster) placed behind a column at the end of a side wall of a Greek temple. The base and capital differ from those of the column. "Anta" may also refer to the short wall which partially or wholly encloses the side of the portico.
• An anta (pl. antæ) (Latin, possibly from ante, 'before' or 'in front of') is an architectural term describing the posts or pillars on either side of a doorway or entrance of a Greek temple - the slightly projecting piers which terminate the walls of the naos.

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