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/ˈkäləm/,
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columns, plural;
  1. An upright pillar, typically cylindrical and made of stone or concrete, supporting an entablature, arch, or other structure or standing alone as a monument

  2. A similar vertical, roughly cylindrical thing
    • - a great column of smoke
  3. An upright shaft forming part of a machine and typically used for controlling it
    • - a Spitfire control column
  4. A vertical division of a page or text

  5. A vertical arrangement of figures or other information

  6. A section of a newspaper or magazine regularly devoted to a particular subject or written by a particular person

  7. One or more lines of people or vehicles moving in the same direction
    • - a column of tanks moved northwest
    • - we walked in a column
  8. A narrow-fronted deep formation of troops in successive lines

  9. A military force deployed in such a formation

  10. A similar formation of ships in a fleet or convoy

  1. (column) a line of units following one after another
  2. (column) 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
  3. (column) a vertical array of numbers or other information; "he added a column of numbers"
  4. (column) anything that approximates 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"
  5. (column) an article giving opinions or perspectives
  6. (column) a vertical cylindrical structure standing alone and not supporting anything (such as a monument)
  7. "Columns" is the 13th episode in the second season of the television series How I Met Your Mother. It originally aired on January 22, 2007.
  8. Columns,also known as One-up Two-up, is a juggling trick where the balls are thrown upwards without any sideways motion. The simplest version involves having three balls, with two going up simultaneously on either side, followed by one going up in the middle. Dancey, Charlie. ...
  9. The Columns (also known as The William "Money" Williams Mansion) is a historic home in Tallahassee, Florida. It is located at 100 North Duval Street. On May 21, 1975, it was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.
  10. A column in structural engineering is a vertical structural element that transmits, through compression, the weight of the structure above to other structural elements below. For the purpose of wind or earthquake engineering, columns may be designed to resist lateral forces. ...
  11. (Column (botany)) The column, or technically the gynostemium, is a reproductive structure that can be found in several plant families: Aristolochiaceae, Orchidaceae, and Stylidiaceae.
  12. (Column (database)) In the context of a relational database table, a column is a set of data values of a particular simple type, one for each row of the table.The term "column" also has equivalent application in other, more generic contexts. See e.g., Flat file database, Table (information). ...
  13. (column) A solid upright structure designed usually to support a larger structure above it, such as a roof or horizontal beam, but sometimes for decoration; A vertical line of entries in a table, usually read from top to bottom; A body of troops or army vehicles, usually strung out along a road; ...
  14. (column) (n.) A field in a database table.
  15. (Column) the vertical divisions of a spreadsheet. Columns are labeled alphabetically.
  16. (Column) A support pillar, usually round, found on porches and as a decorative detail.
  17. (Column) a pillar in an exposition facility that supports the roof or other structures, usually denoted on floor plan as a solid square or dot.
  18. (Column) the tiny, rounded, column-like extension between the two largest petals. This little guy is the central reproductive organ of the orchid flower.
  19. (column) In architecture: A perpendicular supporting member, circular or rectangular in section, usually consisting of a base, shaft, and capital. In engineering: A vertical structural compression member which supports loads acting in the direction of its longitudinal axis.
  20. (column) Vertical arrangement of characters.
  21. (column) Vertical groups of lamps in a lamp bank, or a vertical row of light-emitting diodes in an LED matrix.
  22. (column) a general term applying to a vertical member resisting compressive stresses and having, in general, a considerable length in comparison with its transverse dimensions
  23. (Column) A rectangular primary structural member, sawn on four sides before treatment, is generally uniform in cross section along its length. May be either sawn or laminated dimensional lumber. It is the primary structural element of the building side and end walls. ...
  24. (Column) Structural member that has the primary function of resisting axial force.
  25. (Column) The arrangement of horizontal lines of type in a news story; also, an article appearing regularly written by a particular writer or "columnist."