Definition of column. Meaning of column. Synonyms of column

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Definition of column

Column
Column 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.

Meaning of column from wikipedia

- column or pillar in architecture and structural engineering is a structural element that transmits, through compression , the weight of
- a column is a recurring piece or article in a newspaper , magazine or other publication. columns are written by columnist s.
- a columnist is someone who writes for publication in a series, creating an article that usually offers commentary and opinions. columns
- trajan's column (colonna traiana) is a roman triumphal column in rome , italy , that commemorates roman emperor trajan 's victory in the
- external links: org/column. asp? id 52&aid 48413/ . url http://www. nsc. org/nsc_events/nat_safe_month/pages/home. aspx , title national safety
- a military column is a formation of soldiers marching together in one or more file s in which the file is significantly longer than the
- the column, or technically the gynostemium, is a reproductive structure that can be found in several plant families: aristolochiaceae ,
- nelson's column is a monument in trafalgar square in central london built to commemorate admiral horatio nelson , who died at the battle
- in linear algebra , a column vector or column matrix is an m × 1 matrix , i.e. a matrix consisting of a single column of m elements.:\
- critique. file:brooklyn museum - the critic - lajos tihanyi. jpg , critic by lajos tihanyi . oil on canvas, c. 1916. a critic is a professional
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