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    • column :a vertical array of numbers or other information
      • he added a column of numbers

    • 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

    • column :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

    • column :a line of units following one after another

      • column :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

        • column :an article giving opinions or perspectives

          • column :a vertical cylindrical structure standing alone and not supporting anything (such as a monument)

            • column :(architecture) a tall vertical cylindrical structure standing upright and used to support a structure

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