column

Noun
  1. A line of units following one after another (synset 108446009)
    referred to in: armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine - the military forces of a nation
    is a type of: file, indian file, single file - a line of persons or things ranged one behind the other
  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 (synset 103078578)
    is a type of: tube, tubing - conduit consisting of a long hollow object (usually cylindrical) used to hold and conduct objects or liquids or gases
    same as: chromatography column
  3. A vertical array of numbers or other information (synset 108450585)
    "he added a column of numbers"
    is a type of: array - an orderly arrangement
    belongs to: table, tabular array - a set of data arranged in rows and columns
  4. Anything that approximates the shape of a column or tower (synset 113923115)
    "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"
    is a type of: form, shape - the spatial arrangement of something as distinct from its substance
    subtypes:
    • columella - a small column (or structure resembling a column) that is a part of a plant or animal
    • hoodoo - (geology) a column of weathered and unusually shaped rock
    same as: pillar, tower
  5. An article giving opinions or perspectives (synset 106279220)
    is a type of: article - nonfictional prose forming an independent part of a publication
    subtypes: agony column - a newspaper column devoted to personal problems
    is a part of: newspaper, paper - a daily or weekly publication on folded sheets; contains news and articles and advertisements
    same as: editorial, newspaper column
  6. A vertical cylindrical structure standing alone and not supporting anything (such as a monument) (synset 103078384)
    is a type of: construction, structure - a thing constructed; a complex entity constructed of many parts
    subtypes:
    • obelisk - a stone pillar having a rectangular cross section tapering towards a pyramidal top
    • totem pole - a tribal emblem consisting of a pillar carved and painted with totemic figures; erected by Indian tribes of the northwest Pacific coast
    same as: pillar
  7. (architecture) a tall vertical cylindrical structure standing upright and used to support a structure (synset 103077981)
    referred to in: architecture - the discipline dealing with the principles of design and construction and ornamentation of fine buildings
    is a type of: upright, vertical - a vertical structural member as a post or stake
    subtypes:
    • atlas, telamon - a figure of a man used as a supporting column
    • caryatid - a supporting column carved in the shape of a person
    • newel - the central pillar of a circular staircase
    • pilaster - a rectangular column that usually projects about a third of its width from the wall to which it is attached
    • pile, piling, spile, stilt - a column of wood or steel or concrete that is driven into the ground to provide support for a structure
    • support column - a column that supports a heavy weight
    has:
    • cap, capital, chapiter - the upper part of a column that supports the entablature
    • footstall, pedestal, plinth - an architectural support or base (as for a column or statue)
    • scape, shaft - (architecture) upright consisting of the vertical part of a column
    • entasis - a slight convexity in the shaft of a column; compensates for the illusion of concavity that viewers experience when the sides are perfectly straight
    is a part of: temple - an edifice devoted to special or exalted purposes
    same as: pillar
  8. A page or text that is vertically divided (synset 106279010)
    "the newspaper devoted several columns to the subject"; "the bookkeeper used pages that were divided into columns"
    is a type of: text, textual matter - the words of something written
  9. Any tubular or pillar-like supporting structure in the body (synset 105593649)
    is a type of: skeletal structure - any structure created by the skeleton of an organism

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