Definition of column

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Column (n.) 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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Ilvaite :: Ilvaite (n.) A silicate of iron and lime occurring in black prismatic crystals and columnar masses.
Semicolumn :: Semicolumn (n.) A half column; a column bisected longitudinally, or along its axis..
Astylar :: Astylar (a.) Without columns or pilasters.
Line :: Line (n.) A row of letters, words, etc., written or printed; esp., a row of words extending across a page or column..
Trochoid :: Trochoid (a.) Admitting of rotation on an axis; -- sometimes applied to a pivot joint like that between the atlas and axis in the vertebral column.
Guide :: Guide (v. t.) A noncommissioned officer or soldier placed on the directiug flank of each subdivision of a column of troops, or at the end of a line, to mark the pivots, formations, marches, and alignments in tactics..
Prostyle :: Prostyle (a.) Having columns in front.
Fluted :: Fluted (a.) Decorated with flutes; channeled; grooved; as, a fluted column; a fluted ruffle; a fluted spectrum..
Hubner :: Hubner (n.) A mineral of brownish black color, occurring in columnar or foliated masses. It is native manganese tungstate..
Pseuso-peripteral :: Pseuso-peripteral (a.) Falsely or imperfectly peripteral, as a temple having the columns at the sides attached to the walls, and an ambulatory only at the ends or only at one end..
Tetrastyle :: Tetrastyle (a.) Having four columns in front; -- said of a temple, portico, or colonnade..
Ployment :: Ployment (n.) The act or movement of forming a column from a line of troops on some designated subdivision; -- the opposite of deployment.
Annulet :: Annulet (n.) A small, flat fillet, encircling a column, etc., used by itself, or with other moldings. It is used, several times repeated, under the Doric capital..
Capital :: Capital (n.) The head or uppermost member of a column, pilaster, etc. It consists generally of three parts, abacus, bell (or vase), and necking. See these terms, and Column..
Pampre :: Pampre (n.) An ornament, composed of vine leaves and bunches of grapes, used for decorating spiral columns..
Ovolo :: Ovolo (n.) A round, convex molding. See Illust. of Column..
Zoophoric :: Zoophoric (a.) Bearing or supporting the figure of an animal; as, a zoophoric column..
Column :: Column (n.) A small army.
Subcommittee :: Subcolumnar (a.) Having an imperfect or interrupted columnar structure.
Pentastyle :: Pentastyle (a.) Having five columns in front; -- said of a temple or portico in classical architecture.
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