Definition of Column

Noun

• any tubular or pillar-like supporting structure in the body
  
• a page or text that is vertically divided
  "the newspaper devoted several columns to the subject"
  "the bookkeeper used pages that were divided into columns"
  
• (architecture) a tall vertical cylindrical structure standing upright and used to support a structure
  pillar
• a vertical cylindrical structure standing alone and not supporting anything (such as a monument)
  pillar
• an article giving opinions or perspectives
  editorial - newspaper column
• anything that approximates 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"
  tower pillar
• a vertical array of numbers or other information
  "he added a column of numbers"
  
• 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
  - chromatography column
• a line of units following one after another
  

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