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Column

noun

1.

A line of units following one after another.

2.

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. Synonym: chromatography column.

3.

A vertical array of numbers or other information.

4.

Anything that approximates the shape of a column or tower. Synonyms: pillar, tower. "A tower of dust rose above the horizon" , "A thin pillar of smoke betrayed their campsite"

5.

An article giving opinions or perspectives. Synonyms: editorial, newspaper column.

6.

A vertical cylindrical structure standing alone and not supporting anything (such as a monument). Synonym: pillar.

7.

(architecture) a tall vertical cylindrical structure standing upright and used to support a structure. Synonym: pillar.

8.

A page or text that is vertically divided. "The bookkeeper used pages that were divided into columns"

9.

Any tubular or pillar-like supporting structure in the body.

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"Column" Quotes from Famous Books

... long way off, builds a fire. When it blazes, he throws an armful of green grass on it. This causes the fire to send up a stream of white smoke hundreds of feet high, which can be seen fifty miles away in clear weather. Among the Apaches, one column of smoke is to call attention; two columns say, "All is well, and we are going to remain in this camp;" three columns or more are a sign of ...

— Stories of American Life and Adventure • Edward Eggleston

... land of bewildering light, where the feet of the season are Spring's, They worked in the day and the night, surrounded by beautiful things. The wonderful blossoms in stone—the flower and leaf of the Moor, On column and cupola shone, and gleamed on the glimmering floor. In a splendour of colour and form, from the marvellous African's hands Yet vivid and shining and warm, they planted the Flower of the Lands. Inspired by the patience supreme of the mute, the magnificent past, They toiled till the dome ...

— The Poems of Henry Kendall • Henry Kendall

... head of our column, we bore the flag of our Republic. On our flanks were skirmishers, like those guarding the flanks of an army. It was an army—an army of our people. With us marched women. With us marched home. That was the difference between our cavalcade and that slower and more selfish one, made up of ...

— 54-40 or Fight • Emerson Hough

... route, tossed an "extra" on her steps. From its editorials Saxon gleaned that organized labor was trying to run the country and that it was making a mess of it. It was all the fault of domineering labor—so ran the editorials, column by column, day by day; and Saxon was convinced, yet remained unconvinced. The social puzzle of ...

— The Valley of the Moon • Jack London

... in his mind to the editor of the journal in question. "What's his name I wonder?" He searched and found it at the top of a column-"Sole Editor and Proprietor, C. Snawley-Grubbs, to whom all checks and post-office orders should be made payable. The Editor cannot be responsible for ...

— Thelma • Marie Corelli

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