column

Meanings

Plural: columns

Noun

• a line of units following one after another
• 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
• a vertical array of numbers or other information
  • "he added a column of numbers"
• anything that approximates the shape of a column or tower
  • "the test tube held a column of white powder"
• an article giving opinions or perspectives
• a vertical cylindrical structure standing alone and not supporting anything (such as a monument)
• (architecture) a tall vertical cylindrical structure standing upright and used to support a structure
• 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"
• any tubular or pillar-like supporting structure in the body
• A solid upright structure designed usually to support a larger structure above it, such as a roof or horizontal beam, but sometimes for decoration.
• A vertical line of entries in a table, usually read from top to bottom.
• A body of troops or army vehicles, usually strung out along a road.
• A body of text meant to be read line by line, especially in printed material that has multiple adjacent such on a single page.
• A unit of width, especially of advertisements, in a periodical, equivalent to the width of a usual column of text.
• A recurring feature in a periodical, especially an opinion piece, especially by a single author or small rotating group of authors, or on a single theme.
• Something having similar vertical form or structure to the things mentioned above, such as a spinal column.
• The gynostemium
• An instrument used to separate the different components of a liquid or to purify chemical compounds.

Synonyms

chromatography column, editorial, newspaper column, pillar, post, sile, tower

Antonyms

row