COLUMN
\kˈɒlʌm], \kˈɒlʌm], \k_ˈɒ_l_ʌ_m]\
Definitions of COLUMN
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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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
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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"
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a vertical structure standing alone and not supporting anything (as a monument or a column of air)
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an article giving opinions or perspectives
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a line of (usually military) units following one after another
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(architeture) a tall cylindrical vertical upright and used to support a structure
By Princeton University
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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
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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"
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a vertical structure standing alone and not supporting anything (as a monument or a column of air)
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an article giving opinions or perspectives
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a line of (usually military) units following one after another
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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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.
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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 Vendome; the spinal column.
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A small army.
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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.
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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.
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A perpendicular line of figures.
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The body formed by the union of the stamens in the Mallow family, or of the stamens and pistil in the orchids.
By Oddity Software
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A round pillar to support or adorn a building; a division of the page of a book, etc.; a formation of a body of troops or ships; anything suggestive of a column or shaft; as, a column of figures.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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A long, round body, used to support or adorn a building: any upright body or mass like a column: a body of troops drawn up in deep files: a perpendicular row of lines in a book.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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A pillar; a prop or support.
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A vertical series of lines, words, figures, or the like.
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A long array of troops with narrow front; a fleet in single file.
By James Champlin Fernald
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n. [Latin] round pillar; —a cylindrical support for a roof, ceiling, &,c., composed of base, shaft, and capital; —any upright cylindrical body; —a body of troops drawn up in files; —a body of ships arranged in a line; —a division of a page; —a line of figures in arithmetic.
