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Meaning of column in English

(Definition of column from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
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(Definition of column from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of column

column
Whatever claim the columns may have on us, they come from a source that is producing words at an unprecedented rate.
The figures in the columns give an idea of how the specific nationality is judged.
The data matrix analysed contains in all twenty-nine columns and 309 rows, corresponding respectively to the functional indicators and the towns selected for inclusion.
On the inside, eight granite columns supported, by means of galleries, the drum of the dome.
The arches, columns, and huge statuary of the exterior prepared the traveller or sightseer for the vast vaulted concourse and waiting-room within.
The order of rows and columns is arbitrary.
In the traditional table, the nucleotide types are displayed in the columns, while their frequencies are shown for each alignment in the rows.
How many rows and columns of characters may be displayed on the screen?
The division between two blocks of the relief of dancing putti is placed behind one of the pairs of columns.
There are methods of making saws, methods of replacing columns in a building and experiments with the geometric analysis of the human figure.
Where roofs and columns collapse, the spiders thrive.
The first has two parallel columns that support a beam with two faces.
Reflections ultimately determine the disposition of the columns, and on close inspection the pattern of the travertine floor slabs has irregularities.
However, the study provided some evidence that strabismus can induce columns to form in a species where normally they are wholly absent.
All five squirrel monkeys raised with strabismus exhibited well-developed ocular dominance columns in striate cortex of each hemisphere.
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Collocations with column

column

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advice column
Anyone can be a columnist and create their own advice column.
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column density
There was no detection of aminoethanol in these sources, and column density upper limits have been calculated.
column header
Click on the icon in the column header to change sort key and sort order.
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Translations of column

in Chinese (Traditional)
印刷, (報紙、雜誌上的)欄, (報紙、雜誌上的)欄目,專欄…
in Chinese (Simplified)
印刷, (报纸、杂志上的)栏, (报纸、杂志上的)栏目,专栏…
in Spanish
columna, columna [feminine], fila [feminine]…
in Portuguese
coluna, coluna [feminine], fileira [feminine]…
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स्तंभ, सदर, खांब- सहसा जुन्या इमारतींमधे छताला आधार देण्यासाठी याचा वापर केला जायचा…
(石製の)柱, 新聞のコラム, 円柱状のもの…
sütun, direk, kolon…
colonne [feminine], rubrique [feminine], colonne…
columna…
zuil, kolom, rubriek…
ஒரு செய்தித்தாள் அல்லது பத்திரிகையின் ஒரு பக்கம் பிரிக்கப்பட்டுள்ள அச்சின் பல செங்குத்து தொகுதிகளில் ஒன்று, ஒரு செய்தித்தாள் அல்லது பத்திரிகையில் எழுதும் ஒரு பகுதி, பொதுவாக ஒரு குறிப்பிட்ட விஷயத்தில்…
कॉलम, किसी अखबार या पत्रिका में ऊपर से नीचे की तरफ का ब्लॉक जिसमें शब्द छापे जाते हैं, किसी अखबार या पत्रिका में किसी खास विषय पर लिखे गए लेख जो नियमित रूप से छापे जाते हैं…
કૉલમ, અખબાર અથવા સામયિકમાં ટોપ-ડાઉન બ્લોક જેમાં શબ્દો છાપવામાં આવે છે, કોલમ…
søjle, kolonne, spalte…
pelare, kolonn, kolumn…
tiang, kepulauan, lajur…
die Säule, senkrechte Zahlenreihe, die Spalte…
søyle [masculine], spalte [masculine], kolonne [masculine]…
کالم, اخباری صفحہ کا عمودی حصہ, کسی خاص موضوع پر لکھی جانے والی تحریر…
колона, стовп(чик), стовпець…
колонна, колонка, раздел…
పత్రికలో ప్రింట్ చేయబడిన ఒక పేజీ ని అనేక నిలువు పట్టీలుగా విభజిస్తే అందులోని ఒక నిలువు పట్టీ, శీర్షిక, పత్రికలోని కాలమ్…
عَمْود…
কোনো সংবাদপত্র বা ম্যাগাজিন-এর পাতায় ভাগ ভাগ করে খাড়াভাবে মুদ্রিত স্তম্ভাকার শ্রেণীগুলির মধ্যে একটি, কোনো নির্দিষ্ট বিষয়ের ওপরে একই ব্যক্তির দ্বারা লিখিত যে লেখা নিয়মিত প্রকাশিত হয়, শব্দ বা সংখ্যার কলাম…
sloup, sloupec, sloupek…
tiang, bentuknya seperti tiang, deretan (angka)…
เสาค้ำ, สิ่งที่รูปร่างคล้ายกัน, แถว (ในแนวตั้ง)…
cột, hình cột, cột số…
kolumna, rubryka, słup…
기둥, (신문 및 잡지등의) 칼럼, 기둥 모양을 한 것…
colonna, rubrica…
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