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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  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]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  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.
  
     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.
  
     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.
  
     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.
  
     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.
  
     6. (Arith.) A perpendicular line of figures.
  
     7. (Bot.) The body formed by the union of the stamens in the
        Mallow family, or of the stamens and pistil in the
        orchids.
  
     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.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  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]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  column
     Αγγλικά n.
     1 (ετ αρχιτ en) κίονας, στύλος
     2 στήλη (στον τύπο)
     3 (ετ βασδε en) η στήλη ενός πίνακας (table) στις σχεσιακή βάση
  δεδομένων (relational databases)

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  column
     n.
     1 (lb en architecture) A solid upright structure designed usually to
  support a larger structure above it, such as a roof or horizontal beam,
  but sometimes for decoration.
     2 A vertical line of entries in a table, usually read from top to
  bottom.
     3 A body of troops or army vehicles, usually strung out along a road.
     4 (senseid en text)A body of text meant to be read line by line,
  especially in printed material that has multiple adjacent such on a
  single page.
     5 A unit of width, especially of advertisements, in a periodical,
  equivalent to the width of a usual column of text.
     6 (lb en by extension) 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.
     7 Something having similar vertical form or structure to the things
  mentioned above, such as a spinal column.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  column
     n.
     1 (lb en architecture) A solid upright structure designed usually to
  support a larger structure above it, such as a roof or horizontal beam,
  but sometimes for decoration.
     2 A vertical line of entries in a table, usually read from top to
  bottom.
     3 A body of troops or army vehicles, usually strung out along a road.
     4 (senseid en text)A body of text meant to be read line by line,
  especially in printed material that has multiple adjacent such on a
  single page.
     5 A unit of width, especially of advertisements, in a periodical,
  equivalent to the width of a usual column of text.
     6 (lb en by extension) 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.
     7 Something having similar vertical form or structure to the things
  mentioned above, such as a spinal column.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  column
     n.
     1 (lb en architecture) A solid upright structure designed usually to
  support a larger structure above it, such as a roof or horizontal beam,
  but sometimes for decoration.
     2 A vertical line of entries in a table, usually read from top to
  bottom.
     3 A body of troops or army vehicles, usually strung out along a road.
     4 (senseid en text)A body of text meant to be read line by line,
  especially in printed material that has multiple adjacent such on a
  single page.
     5 A unit of width, especially of advertisements, in a periodical,
  equivalent to the width of a usual column of text.
     6 (lb en by extension) 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.
     7 Something having similar vertical form or structure to the things
  mentioned above, such as a spinal column.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  column
     n.
     1 (lb en architecture) A solid upright structure designed usually to
  support a larger structure above it, such as a roof or horizontal beam,
  but sometimes for decoration.
     2 A vertical line of entries in a table, usually read from top to
  bottom.
     3 A body of troops or army vehicles, usually strung out along a road.
     4 (senseid en text)A body of text meant to be read line by line,
  especially in printed material that has multiple adjacent such on a
  single page.
     5 A unit of width, especially of advertisements, in a periodical,
  equivalent to the width of a usual column of text.
     6 (lb en by extension) 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.
     7 Something having similar vertical form or structure to the things
  mentioned above, such as a spinal column.

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  column
     Hollanti n.
     kolumni

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  column
     Nederländska n.
     kolumn

From English-Afrikaans FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-afr ]


  column /kˈɒlʌm/
  1. kolom
  2. rubriek

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Column /kˈɒlʌm/
  العمود

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  column //ˈkɑljəm// //ˈkɑləm// //ˈkɒləm// 
  1. коло́на, шпа́лта
  a vertical body of text
  2. коло́на
  column of troops
  3. коло́на, колона
  newspaper column
  4. стълб, коло́на
  upright supporting structure
  5. графа́, коло́на
  vertical line of entries in a table

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  column /kˈɒlʌm/ 
  sloup

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  column /kˈɒlʌm/ 
  zástup

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  column /kˈɒlʌm/ 
  sloupek

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  column /kˈɒlʌm/ 
  kolona

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  column /kˈɒlʌm/
  konvoj

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  column /kˈɒlʌm/
  kolona vozidel

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  column /kˈɒlʌm/ 
  rubrika

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  column /kˈɒlʌm/ 
   [mat] sloupec
           Note: matice

From Eurfa Saesneg, English-Welsh Eurfa/Freedict dictionary ver. 0.2.3 : [ freedict:eng-cym ]


  column /kˈɒlʌm/ 
  colofn