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| 1. | [ noun ] (military) a line of (usually military) units following one after another | |
| Related terms: | file military | |
| 2. | [ noun ] (chemistry) 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 | |
| Synonyms: | chromatography_column | |
| Related terms: | tube | |
| 3. | [ noun ] (mathematics) a linear array of numbers one above another | |
| Related terms: | array table | |
| 4. | [ noun ] anything tall and thin approximating the shape of a column or tower | |
| Synonyms: | tower pillar | |
| Examples: | "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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| Related terms: | shape columella hoodoo loom | |
| 5. | [ noun ] (writing) an article giving opinions or perspectives | |
| Synonyms: | editorial newspaper_column | |
| Related terms: | article agony_column newspaper | |
| 6. | [ noun ] a vertical structure standing alone and not supporting anything (as a monument or a column of air) | |
| Synonyms: | pillar | |
| Related terms: | structure obelisk totem_pole | |
| 7. | [ noun ] (architeture) a tall cylindrical vertical upright and used to support a structure | |
| Synonyms: | pillar | |
| Related terms: | upright pile support_column atlas caryatid pilaster newel temple shaft pedestal entasis capital architecture | |
| Similar spelling: |
columnea Collum Collom Collin Collen coelom Collene colleen colon Colin Colen Colan calumny |
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