English Explanatory Dictionary

Maas's law

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. The observation that columns in bookrolls often exhibit a forward tilt such that both edges of a column gradually move to the left as the column progresses.

Word forms

Maas's law

Etymology

Named after classical scholar Paul Maas (1880–1964).

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