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col⋅umn

  [kol-uhm]
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1. Architecture.
a. a rigid, relatively slender, upright support, composed of relatively few pieces.
b. a decorative pillar, most often composed of stone and typically having a cylindrical or polygonal shaft with a capital and usually a base.
2. any columnlike object, mass, or formation: a column of smoke.
3. a vertical row or list: Add this column of figures.
4. a vertical arrangement on a page of horizontal lines of type, usually typographically justified: There are three columns on this page.
5. a regular feature or series of articles in a newspaper, magazine, or the like, usually having a readily identifiable heading and the byline of the writer or editor, that reports or comments upon a particular field of interest, as politics, theater, or etiquette, or which may contain letters from readers, answers to readers' queries, etc.
6. a long, narrow formation of troops in which there are more members in line in the direction of movement than at right angles to the direction (distinguished from line ).
7. a formation of ships in single file.
8. Botany. a columnlike structure in an orchid flower, composed of the united stamens and style.
Origin:
1400–50; late ME columne < L columna, equiv. to colum(e)n peak + -a fem. ending; akin to excel; r. late ME colompne < AF < L, as above

Related forms:
columned  [kol-uhmd] , col⋅um⋅nat⋅ed  [kol-uhm-ney-tid] , adjective

Synonyms:
1. Column, pillar refer to upright supports in architectural structures. Pillar is the general word: the pillars supporting the roof. A column is a particular kind of pillar, esp. one with an identifiable shaft, base, and capital: columns of the Corinthian order.
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col·umn   (kŏl'əm)   


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n.  

  1. Architecture A supporting pillar consisting of a base, a cylindrical shaft, and a capital.

  2. Something resembling an architectural pillar in form or function: a column of mercury in a thermometer.

    1. Printing One of two or more vertical sections of typed lines lying side by side on a page and separated by a rule or a blank space.

    2. A feature article that appears regularly in a publication, such as a newspaper.

  4. A formation, as of troops or vehicles, in which all elements follow one behind the other.

  5. Botany A columnlike structure, especially one formed by the union of a stamen and the style in an orchid flower, or one formed by the united staminal filaments in flowers such as those of the hibiscus or mallow.

  6. Anatomy Any of various tubular or pillarlike supporting structures in the body, each generally having a single tissue origin and function: the vertebral column.


[Middle English columne, from Latin columna; see kel-2 in Indo-European roots.]
col'umned (kŏl'əmd) adj.
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Word Origin & History

column 
c.1440, "vertical division of a page," from O.Fr. colombe, from L. columna "pillar," collateral form of columen "top, summit," from PIE base *kel- "to project" (see hill). Sense of "matter written for a newspaper" dates from 1785. Columnist dates from 1920. Literal, architectural sense is attested from 1481.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: col·umn
Pronunciation: 'käl-&m
Function: noun
: a longitudinal subdivision of the spinal cord that resembles a column or pillar:as a : any of the principal longitudinal subdivisions of gray matter or white matter in each lateral half of the spinal cord —see DORSAL HORN, GRAY COLUMN, LATERAL COLUMN 1, VENTRAL HORN; —compareFUNICULUS a b : any of a number of smaller bundles of spinal nerve fibers : FASCICULUS
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column col·umn (kŏl'əm)
n.
Any of various tubular or pillarlike supporting structures in the body, such as the spinal column, each generally having a single tissue origin and function.

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column
1. A named slice through a database table that includes the same field of each row. For example, a telephone directory table might have a row for each person with a name column and a telephone number column.
2. A line of memory cells in a dynamic random-access memory, that is selected by a particular column address.
(2007-10-12)

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