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Column

Column Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Column? [n] a tall cylindrical vertical upright [n] a vertical structure standing alone and not supporting anything (as a monument or a column of air) [n] a vertical glass tube used in column chromatography; a mixture is poured in the top and washed through a stationary substance where components of the mixture are adsorbed selectively to form colored bands [n] an article giving opinions or perspectives [n] a line of (usually military) units following one after another [n] a linear array of numbers one above another [n] anything tall and thin approximating the shape of a column or tower; "the test tube held a column of white powder"; "a tower of dust rose above the horizon"; "a thin pillar of smoke betrayed their campsite" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Column: chromatography column \| editorial \| newspaper column \| pillar \| pillar \| tower Related Terms \| Find terms related to Column: antenna tower \| arcade \| arch \| army \| army group \| article \| atlas \| baluster \| balustrade \| banister \| barbican \| barrel \| barrow \| base \| battalion \| battery \| battle group \| belfry \| bell tower \| bole \| book \| boundary stone \| brace \| brass \| brigade \| bust \| buttress \| cadre \| cairn \| campanile \| caravan \| caryatid \| cask \| cavalcade \| cenotaph \| chapter \| clause \| cohort \| colonnade \| colonnette \| colossus \| combat command \| combat team \| company \| corps \| cortege \| cromlech \| cross \| cup \| cupola \| cyclolith \| cylinder \| cylindroid \| dado \| derrick \| detachment \| detail \| die \| division \| dolmen \| dome \| dress parade \| drum \| fascicle \| field army \| field train \| file \| fire tower \| flying column \| flyover \| footstalk \| footstone \| funeral \| garrison \| grave \| gravestone \| headstone \| hoarstone \| inscription \| installment \| jack \| kitchen police \| KP \| lantern \| legion \| lighthouse \| line \| livraison \| maniple \| march past \| marker \| martello \| martello tower \| mast \| mausoleum \| megalith \| memento \| memorial \| memorial arch \| memorial column \| memorial statue \| memorial stone \| menhir \| minaret \| monolith \| monument \| motorcade \| mound \| mule train \| necrology \| newel-post \| obelisk \| obituary \| observation tower \| organization \| outfit \| pack train \| pagoda \| parade \| paragraph \| part \| passage \| pedestal \| pedicel \| peduncle \| peristyle \| phalanx \| phrase \| pier \| pilaster \| pile \| piling \| pillar \| pinnacle \| pipe \| plaque \| platoon \| plinth \| pole \| pomp \| portico \| posse \| post \| prize \| procession \| promenade \| prop \| pylon \| pyramid \| queen-post \| rank \| regiment \| reliquary \| remembrance \| review \| ribbon \| roll \| roller \| rostral column \| rouleau \| section \| serial \| shaft \| shore \| shrine \| skimmington \| skyscraper \| socle \| spire \| squad \| squadron \| staff \| stalk \| stanchion \| stand \| standard \| standpipe \| stay \| steeple \| stela \| stem \| stone \| stream \| string \| stupa \| subbase \| surbase \| tablet \| tactical unit \| task force \| telamon \| television mast \| testimonial \| tomb \| tombstone \| tope \| tour \| tower \| train \| troop \| trophy \| trunk \| tube \| turret \| underpinning \| unit \| upright \| verse \| volume \| water tower \| windmill tower \| wing See Also \| agony column \| array \| article \| atlas \| cap \| capital \| caryatid \| chapiter \| construction \| file \| footstall \| form \| Indian file \| newel \| newspaper \| obelisk \| paper \| pedestal \| pilaster \| pile \| piling \| plinth \| shaft \| shape \| single file \| spile \| stilt \| structure \| support column \| table \| tabular array \| telamon \| temple \| totem pole \| tube \| tubing \| upright \| vertical Column In Webster's Dictionary \Col"umn\, n. [L. columna, fr. columen, culmen, fr. cellere (used only in comp.), akin to E. excel, and prob. to holm. See {Holm}, and cf. {Colonel}.] 1. (Arch.) A kind of pillar; a cylindrical or polygonal support for a roof, ceiling, statue, etc., somewhat ornamented, and usually composed of base, shaft, and capital. See {Order}. 2. Anything resembling, in form or position, a column in architecture; an upright body or mass; a shaft or obelisk; as, a column of air, of water, of mercury, etc.; the Column Vend[^o]me; the spinal column. 3. (Mil.) (a) A body of troops formed in ranks, one behind the other; -- contradistinguished from {line}. Compare {Ploy}, and {Deploy}. (b) A small army. 4. (Naut.) A number of ships so arranged as to follow one another in single or double file or in squadrons; -- in distinction from ``line'', where they are side by side. 5. (Print.) A perpendicular set of lines, not extending across the page, and separated from other matter by a rule or blank space; as, a column in a newspaper. 6. (Arith.) A perpendicular line of figures. 7. (Bot.) The body formed by the union of the stamens in the Mallow family, or of the stamens and pistil in the orchids. {Attached column}. See under {Attach}, v. t. {Clustered column}. See under {Cluster}, v. t. {Column rule}, a thin strip of brass separating columns of type in the form, and making a line between them in printing.

Column Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Column?

[n] a tall cylindrical vertical upright
[n] a vertical structure standing alone and not supporting anything (as a monument or a column of air)
[n] a vertical glass tube used in column chromatography; a mixture is poured in the top and washed through a stationary substance where components of the mixture are adsorbed selectively to form colored bands
[n] an article giving opinions or perspectives
[n] a line of (usually military) units following one after another
[n] a linear array of numbers one above another
[n] anything tall and thin approximating the shape of a column or tower; "the test tube held a column of white powder"; "a tower of dust rose above the horizon"; "a thin pillar of smoke betrayed their campsite"

Column In Webster's Dictionary

\Col"umn\, n. [L. columna, fr. columen, culmen, fr.
cellere (used only in comp.), akin to E. excel, and prob. to
holm. See {Holm}, and cf. {Colonel}.]
1. (Arch.) A kind of pillar; a cylindrical or polygonal
   support for a roof, ceiling, statue, etc., somewhat
   ornamented, and usually composed of base, shaft, and
   capital. See {Order}.

2. Anything resembling, in form or position, a column in
   architecture; an upright body or mass; a shaft or obelisk;
   as, a column of air, of water, of mercury, etc.; the
   Column Vend[^o]me; the spinal column.

3. (Mil.)
   (a) A body of troops formed in ranks, one behind the
       other; -- contradistinguished from {line}. Compare
       {Ploy}, and {Deploy}.
   (b) A small army.

4. (Naut.) A number of ships so arranged as to follow one
   another in single or double file or in squadrons; -- in
   distinction from ``line'', where they are side by side.

5. (Print.) A perpendicular set of lines, not extending
   across the page, and separated from other matter by a rule
   or blank space; as, a column in a newspaper.

6. (Arith.) A perpendicular line of figures.

7. (Bot.) The body formed by the union of the stamens in the
   Mallow family, or of the stamens and pistil in the
   orchids.

{Attached column}. See under {Attach}, v. t.

{Clustered column}. See under {Cluster}, v. t.

{Column rule}, a thin strip of brass separating columns of
   type in the form, and making a line between them in
   printing.

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