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Column
A column or pillar in architecture and structural engineering is a structural element that transmits, through compression, the weight of the structure above to other structural elements below. In other words, a column is a compression member. The term column applies especially to a large round support (the shaft of the column) with a capital and a base or pedestal which is made of stone, or appearing to be so. A small wooden or metal support is typically called a post, and supports with a rectangular or other non-round section are usually called piers. For the purpose of wind or earthquake engineering, columns may be designed to resist lateral forces. Other compression members are often termed “columns” because of the similar stress conditions. Columns are frequently used to support beams or arches on which the upper parts of walls or ceilings rest. In architecture, “column” refers to such a structural element that also has certain proportional and decorative features. A column might also be a decorative element not needed for structural purposes; many columns are “engaged”, that is to say form part of a wall.
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Column (noun)
A solid upright structure designed usually to support a larger structure above it, such as a roof or horizontal beam, but sometimes for decoration.
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Column (noun)
A vertical line of entries in a table, usually read from top to bottom.
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Column (noun)
A body of troops or army vehicles, usually strung out along a road.
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Column (noun)
A body of text meant to be read line by line, especially in printed material that has multiple adjacent such on a single page.
“It was too hard to read the text across the whole page, so I split it into two columns.”
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Column (noun)
A unit of width, especially of advertisements, in a periodical, equivalent to the width of a usual column of text.
“Each column inch costs $300 a week; this ad is four columns by three inches, so will run $3600 a week.”
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Column (noun)
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.
“His initial foray into print media was as the author of a weekly column in his elementary-school newspaper.”
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Column (noun)
Something having similar vertical form or structure to the things mentioned above, such as a spinal column.
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Column (noun)
The gynostemium
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Column (noun)
(chemistry) An object used to separate the different components of a liquid or to purify chemical compounds.
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Row (noun)
A line of objects, often regularly spaced, such as seats in a theatre, vegetable plants in a garden etc.
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Row (noun)
A line of entries in a table, etc., going from left to right, as opposed to a column going from top to bottom.
“column”
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Row (noun)
An act or instance of rowing.
“I went for an early-morning row.”
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Row (noun)
An exercise performed with a pulling motion of the arms towards the back.
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Row (noun)
A noisy argument.
“argument|disturbance|fight|fracas|quarrel|shouting match|slanging match”
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Row (noun)
A continual loud noise.
“Who’s making that row?”
“din|racket”
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Row (verb)
To propel (a boat or other craft) over water using oars.
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Row (verb)
To transport in a boat propelled with oars.
“to row the captain ashore in his barge”
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Row (verb)
To be moved by oars.
“The boat rows easily.”
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Row (verb)
to argue noisily
“argue|fight”