Found 4 items, similar to Column.
English → Indonesian (Kamus Landak) Definition: column kolom
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: column artikel, lajur
English → English (WordNet) Definition: column column n 1: a line of (usually military) 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 [syn: chromatography column ] 3: a linear array of numbers one above another 4: anything tall and thin approximating 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” [syn: tower, pillar] 5: an article giving opinions or perspectives [syn: editorial, newspaper column] 6: a vertical structure standing alone and not supporting anything (as a monument or a column of air) [syn: pillar] 7: (architeture) a tall cylindrical vertical upright and used to support a structure [syn: pillar]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Column Column \Col"umn\, n. [L. columna, fr. columen, culmen, fr. cellere (used only in comp.), akin to E. excel, and prob. to holm. See Holm, and cf. Colonel.] 1. (Arch.) A kind of pillar; a cylindrical or polygonal support for a roof, ceiling, statue, etc., somewhat ornamented, and usually composed of base, shaft, and capital. See Order. [1913 Webster] 2. Anything resembling, in form or position, a column in architecture; an upright body or mass; a shaft or obelisk; as, a column of air, of water, of mercury, etc.; the Column Vend[^o]me; the spinal column. [1913 Webster] 3. (Mil.) (a) A body of troops formed in ranks, one behind the other; -- contradistinguished from line. Compare Ploy, and Deploy. (b) A small army. [1913 Webster] 4. (Naut.) A number of ships so arranged as to follow one another in single or double file or in squadrons; -- in distinction from “line”, where they are side by side. [1913 Webster] 5. (Print.) 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. [1913 Webster] 6. (Arith.) A perpendicular line of figures. [1913 Webster] 7. (Bot.) The body formed by the union of the stamens in the Mallow family, or of the stamens and pistil in the orchids. [1913 Webster] 8. (Print.) one of a series of articles written in a periodical, usually under the same title and at regular intervals; it may be written and signed by one or more authors, or may appear pseudonymously or anonymously, as an editorial column. “Safire's weekly column On Language in the New York Times is usually more interesting (and probably more accurate) than his political column.” --P. Cassidy [PJC] Attached column. See under Attach, v. t. Clustered column. See under Cluster, v. t. Column rule, a thin strip of brass separating columns of type in the form, and making a line between them in printing. [1913 Webster]