Etymology

Maas's law

Today it means: 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. Full definition →

Ask AI about its historyChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

The story

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

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.