| slovo | definícia |
column
(mass) | column
- konvoj, rubrika, stĺp, stĺpec |
column
(encz) | column,kolona n: Zdeněk Brož |
column
(encz) | column,kolona vozidel Zdeněk Brož |
column
(encz) | column,konvoj Zdeněk Brož |
column
(encz) | column,rubrika n: Zdeněk Brož |
column
(encz) | column,sloup n: Zdeněk Brož |
column
(encz) | column,sloupec n: [mat.] matice |
column
(encz) | column,sloupek n: Zdeněk Brož |
column
(encz) | column,zástup n: Zdeněk Brož |
Column
(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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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6. (Arith.) A perpendicular line of figures.
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7. (Bot.) The body formed by the union of the stamens in the
Mallow family, or of the stamens and pistil in the
orchids.
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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
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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.
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column
(wn) | column
n 1: a line of 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: column,
chromatography column]
3: a vertical array of numbers or other information; "he added a
column of numbers"
4: 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" [syn: column, tower, pillar]
5: an article giving opinions or perspectives [syn: column,
editorial, newspaper column]
6: a vertical cylindrical structure standing alone and not
supporting anything (such as a monument) [syn: column,
pillar]
7: (architecture) a tall vertical cylindrical structure standing
upright and used to support a structure [syn: column,
pillar]
8: 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"
9: any tubular or pillar-like supporting structure in the body |
column
(foldoc) | column
1. A named slice through a database table that
includes the same field of each row. For example, a
telephone directory table might have a row for each person
with a name column and a telephone number column.
2. A line of memory cells in a {dynamic
random-access memory}, that is selected by a particular column
address.
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| | podobné slovo | definícia |
column
(mass) | column
- konvoj, rubrika, stĺp, stĺpec |
spinal column
(mass) | spinal column
- chrbtica |
chromatography column
(encz) | chromatography column, n: |
column
(encz) | column,kolona n: Zdeněk Brožcolumn,kolona vozidel Zdeněk Brožcolumn,konvoj Zdeněk Brožcolumn,rubrika n: Zdeněk Brožcolumn,sloup n: Zdeněk Brožcolumn,sloupec n: [mat.] matice column,sloupek n: Zdeněk Brožcolumn,zástup n: Zdeněk Brož |
column base
(encz) | column base,patka sloupu [stav.] Oldřich Švec |
column chromatography
(encz) | column chromatography, n: |
column foot
(encz) | column foot,patka sloupu [stav.] Oldřich Švec |
column inch
(encz) | column inch, n: |
column of water
(encz) | column of water,vodní sloupec [tech.] Oldřich Švec |
column vector
(encz) | column vector,sloupcový vektor v.martin |
columnar
(encz) | columnar,sloupcovitý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
columnar cell
(encz) | columnar cell, n: |
columnar epithelial cell
(encz) | columnar epithelial cell, n: |
columnea
(encz) | columnea, n: |
columned
(encz) | columned,sloupový adj: Zdeněk Brož |
columniation
(encz) | columniation, n: |
columniform
(encz) | columniform,sloupkovitý adj: Zdeněk Brožcolumniform,sloupovitý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
columnist
(encz) | columnist,sloupkař Pavel Machek; Giza |
columnize
(encz) | columnize, |
columnized
(encz) | columnized, |
columnizing
(encz) | columnizing, |
columnlike
(encz) | columnlike, adj: |
columns
(encz) | columns,sloupce n: pl. ladaj |
fifth column
(encz) | fifth column,pátá kolona n: Zdeněk Brož |
fifth columnist
(encz) | fifth columnist, |
gossip columnist
(encz) | gossip columnist, n: |
lally column
(encz) | lally column, n: |
newspaper column
(encz) | newspaper column, n: |
newspaper columnist
(encz) | newspaper columnist, n: |
noncolumned
(encz) | noncolumned, adj: |
spinal column
(encz) | spinal column,páteř Zdeněk Brož |
support column
(encz) | support column, n: |
the fifth column
(encz) | the fifth column, |
uncolumned
(encz) | uncolumned, adj: |
vertebral column
(encz) | vertebral column, n: |
water column
(encz) | water column,vodní sloupec [tech.] Oldřich Švec |
Attached column
(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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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6. (Arith.) A perpendicular line of figures.
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7. (Bot.) The body formed by the union of the stamens in the
Mallow family, or of the stamens and pistil in the
orchids.
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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]Attach \At*tach"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Attached; p. pr. & vb.
n. Attaching.] [OF. atachier, F. attacher, to tie or
fasten: cf. Celt. tac, tach, nail, E. tack a small nail, tack
to fasten. Cf. Attack, and see Tack.]
1. To bind, fasten, tie, or connect; to make fast or join;
as, to attach one thing to another by a string, by glue,
or the like.
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The shoulder blade is . . . attached only to the
muscles. --Paley.
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A huge stone to which the cable was attached.
--Macaulay.
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2. To connect; to place so as to belong; to assign by
authority; to appoint; as, an officer is attached to a
certain regiment, company, or ship.
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3. To win the heart of; to connect by ties of love or
self-interest; to attract; to fasten or bind by moral
influence; -- with to; as, attached to a friend; attaching
others to us by wealth or flattery.
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Incapable of attaching a sensible man. --Miss
Austen.
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God . . . by various ties attaches man to man.
--Cowper.
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4. To connect, in a figurative sense; to ascribe or
attribute; to affix; -- with to; as, to attach great
importance to a particular circumstance.
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Top this treasure a curse is attached. --Bayard
Taylor.
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5. To take, seize, or lay hold of. [Obs.] --Shak.
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6. To take by legal authority:
(a) To arrest by writ, and bring before a court, as to
answer for a debt, or a contempt; -- applied to a
taking of the person by a civil process; being now
rarely used for the arrest of a criminal.
(b) To seize or take (goods or real estate) by virtue of a
writ or precept to hold the same to satisfy a judgment
which may be rendered in the suit. See Attachment,
4.
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The earl marshal attached Gloucester for high
treason. --Miss Yonge.
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Attached column (Arch.), a column engaged in a wall, so
that only a part of its circumference projects from it.
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Syn: To affix; bind; tie; fasten; connect; conjoin; subjoin;
annex; append; win; gain over; conciliate.
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Canted column
(gcide) | Canted \Cant"ed\, a. [From 2d Cant.]
1. Having angles; as, a six canted bolt head; a canted
window.
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Canted column (Arch.), a column polygonal in plan.
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2. Inclined at an angle to something else; tipped; sloping.
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Clustered column
(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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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6. (Arith.) A perpendicular line of figures.
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7. (Bot.) The body formed by the union of the stamens in the
Mallow family, or of the stamens and pistil in the
orchids.
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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]Cluster \Clus"ter\, v. t.
To collect into a cluster or clusters; to gather into a bunch
or close body.
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Not less the bee would range her cells, . . .
The foxglove cluster dappled bells. --Tennyson.
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Or from the forest falls the clustered snow. --Thomson.
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Clustered column (Arch.), a column which is composed, or
appears to be composed, of several columns collected
together.
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column chromatography
(gcide) | Chromatography \Chro`ma*tog"ra*phy\, n. [Gr. ?, ?, color +
-graphy.]
1. A treatise on colors [archaic]
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2. (Chem.) an analytical and preparative technique for
separating substances by differences in their selective
adsorption to solids, by passing a liquid over the solid,
to which the substances to be separated have usually been
adsorbed in a preliminary step. The major variations are
column chromatography, in which the substances to be
separated are adsorbed to a column with any of a wide
variety of adsorbing solids in powdered or granulated
form; paper chromatography, in which the solids are
applied as a spot at one end of a strip of absorbent paper
(such as filter paper), and the liquid is percolated
through the paper by capillary action; and thin-layer
chromatography (TLC), which is similar to paper
chromatography, but the adsorbent material is, instead of
paper, a thin layer of finely powdered material, such as
cellulose or silica, on a backing of glass or plastic,
called a TLC plate. A modern version of {column
chromatography} is high-performance liquid chromatography,
usually referred to as HPLC.
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Column rule
(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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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6. (Arith.) A perpendicular line of figures.
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7. (Bot.) The body formed by the union of the stamens in the
Mallow family, or of the stamens and pistil in the
orchids.
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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.
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Columnar
(gcide) | Columnar \Co*lum"nar\, a. [L. columnaris, fr. columna.]
Formed in columns; having the form of a column or columns;
like the shaft of a column.
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Columnar epithelium (Anat.), epithelium in which the cells
are prismatic in form, and set upright on the surface they
cover.
Columnar structure (Geol.), a structure consisting of more
or less regular columns, usually six-sided, but sometimes
with eight or more sides. The columns are often fractured
transversely, with a cup joint, showing a concave surface
above. This structure is characteristic of certain igneous
rocks, as basalt, and is due to contraction in cooling.
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Columnar epithelium
(gcide) | Columnar \Co*lum"nar\, a. [L. columnaris, fr. columna.]
Formed in columns; having the form of a column or columns;
like the shaft of a column.
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Columnar epithelium (Anat.), epithelium in which the cells
are prismatic in form, and set upright on the surface they
cover.
Columnar structure (Geol.), a structure consisting of more
or less regular columns, usually six-sided, but sometimes
with eight or more sides. The columns are often fractured
transversely, with a cup joint, showing a concave surface
above. This structure is characteristic of certain igneous
rocks, as basalt, and is due to contraction in cooling.
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Columnar structure
(gcide) | Columnar \Co*lum"nar\, a. [L. columnaris, fr. columna.]
Formed in columns; having the form of a column or columns;
like the shaft of a column.
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Columnar epithelium (Anat.), epithelium in which the cells
are prismatic in form, and set upright on the surface they
cover.
Columnar structure (Geol.), a structure consisting of more
or less regular columns, usually six-sided, but sometimes
with eight or more sides. The columns are often fractured
transversely, with a cup joint, showing a concave surface
above. This structure is characteristic of certain igneous
rocks, as basalt, and is due to contraction in cooling.
[1913 Webster]Structure \Struc"ture\, n. [L. structura, from struere,
structum, to arrange, build, construct; perhaps akin to E.
strew: cf. F. structure. Cf. Construe, Destroy,
Instrument, Obstruct.]
1. The act of building; the practice of erecting buildings;
construction. [R.]
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His son builds on, and never is content
Till the last farthing is in structure spent. --J.
Dryden, Jr.
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2. Manner of building; form; make; construction.
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Want of insight into the structure and constitution
of the terraqueous globe. --Woodward.
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3. Arrangement of parts, of organs, or of constituent
particles, in a substance or body; as, the structure of a
rock or a mineral; the structure of a sentence.
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It [basalt] has often a prismatic structure. --Dana.
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4. (Biol.) Manner of organization; the arrangement of the
different tissues or parts of animal and vegetable
organisms; as, organic structure, or the structure of
animals and plants; cellular structure.
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5. That which is built; a building; esp., a building of some
size or magnificence; an edifice.
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There stands a structure of majestic frame. --Pope.
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Columnar structure. See under Columnar.
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Columnarity
(gcide) | Columnarity \Col`um*nar"i*ty\, n.
The state or quality of being columnar.
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Columnated
(gcide) | Columnated \Co*lum"na*ted\, a.
Having columns; as, columnated temples.
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Columned
(gcide) | Columned \Col"umned\, a.
Having columns.
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Troas and Ilion's columned citadel. --Tennyson.
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Columniation
(gcide) | Columniation \Co*lum`ni*a"tion\, n.
The employment or arrangement of columns in a structure.
--Gwilt.
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columnist
(gcide) | columnist \col"um*nist\, n.
a journalist who writes or edits a regularly scheduled
column[8] in a periodical, usually in editorial style; a type
of editorialist.
[RP]
fifth columnist see fifth columnist in the vocabulary. |
Diminished column
(gcide) | Diminish \Di*min"ish\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Diminished; p. pr.
& vb. n. Diminishing.] [Pref. di- (= L. dis-) + minish: cf.
L. diminuere, F. diminuer, OE. diminuen. See Dis-, and
Minish.]
1. To make smaller in any manner; to reduce in bulk or
amount; to lessen; -- opposed to augment or increase.
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Not diminish, but rather increase, the debt.
--Barrow.
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2. To lessen the authority or dignity of; to put down; to
degrade; to abase; to weaken.
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This doth nothing diminish their opinion. --Robynson
(More's
Utopia).
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I will diminish them, that they shall no more rule
over the nations. --Ezek. xxix.
15.
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O thou . . . at whose sight all the stars
Hide their diminished heads. --Milton.
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3. (Mus.) To make smaller by a half step; to make (an
interval) less than minor; as, a diminished seventh.
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4. To take away; to subtract.
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Neither shall ye diminish aught from it. --Deut. iv.
2.
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Diminished column, one whose upper diameter is less than
the lower.
Diminished scale, or Diminishing scale, a scale of
gradation used in finding the different points for drawing
the spiral curve of the volute. --Gwilt.
Diminishing rule (Arch.), a board cut with a concave edge,
for fixing the entasis and curvature of a shaft.
Diminishing stile (Arch.), a stile which is narrower in one
part than in another, as in many glazed doors.
Syn: To decrease; lessen; abate; reduce; contract; curtail;
impair; degrade. See Decrease.
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Engaged column
(gcide) | Engaged \En*gaged"\, a.
1. Occupied; employed; busy.
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2. Pledged; promised; especially, having the affections
pledged; promised in marriage; affianced; betrothed.
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3. Greatly interested; of awakened zeal; earnest.
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4. Involved; esp., involved in a hostile encounter; as, the
engaged ships continued the fight.
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Engaged column. (Arch.) Same as Attached column. See
under Attach, v. t.
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fifth column
(gcide) | fifth column \fifth` col"umn\, n. [from a statement during the
Spanish Civil War (1936) that the Falange had four columns of
soldiers marching on the city, and a fifth column "already
there" (i.e. sympathizers inside the Republican lines).]
1. a group of persons inside the battle lines of a territory
engaged in a conflict, who secretly sympathize with the
enemy, and who engage in espionage or sabotage; --
sometimes also referred to as a trojan horse.
[RP]
2. Hence, any faction of persons within a group who secretly
sympathize with an enemy, especially those who engage in
activities harmful to the group; an enemy in one's midst;
a group of traitors.
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fifth columnist
(gcide) | columnist \col"um*nist\, n.
a journalist who writes or edits a regularly scheduled
column[8] in a periodical, usually in editorial style; a type
of editorialist.
[RP]
fifth columnist see fifth columnist in the vocabulary. |
Fouquieria columnaris
(gcide) | cirio \cirio\ n.
the candlewood of Mexico and couthwestern California ({Idria
columnaris} or Fouquieria columnaris), having tall columnar
stems and bearing honey-scented creamy yellow flowers; --
called also the boojum tree.
Syn: boojum tree, Fouquieria columnaris, {Idria
columnaris}.
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ganglionic column
(gcide) | Vesicular \Ve*sic"u*lar\, a. [Cf. F. v['e]siculaire.]
1. Of or pertaining to vesicles; esp., of or pertaining to
the air vesicles, or air cells, of the lungs; as,
vesicular breathing, or normal breathing, in which the air
enters freely the air vesicles of the lungs.
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2. Containing, or composed of, vesicles or vesiclelike
structures; covered with vesicles or bladders; vesiculate;
as, a vesicular coral; vesicular lava; a vesicular leaf.
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3. Having the form or structure of a vesicle; as, a vesicular
body.
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Vesicular column (Anat.), a series of nerve cells forming
one of the tracts distinguished in the spinal cord; --
also called the ganglionic column.
Vesicular emphysema (Med.), emphysema of the lungs, in
which the air vesicles are distended and their walls
ruptured.
Vesicular murmur (Med.), the sound, audible on auscultation
of the chest, made by the air entering and leaving the air
vesicles of the lungs in respiration.
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Grouped columns
(gcide) | Group \Group\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Grouped; p. pr. & vb. n.
Grouping.] [Cf. F. grouper. See Group, n.]
To form a group of; to arrange or combine in a group or in
groups, often with reference to mutual relation and the best
effect; to form an assemblage of.
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The difficulty lies in drawing and disposing, or, as
the painters term it, in grouping such a multitude of
different objects. --Prior.
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Grouped columns (Arch.), three or more columns placed upon
the same pedestal.
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Idria columnaris
(gcide) | cirio \cirio\ n.
the candlewood of Mexico and couthwestern California ({Idria
columnaris} or Fouquieria columnaris), having tall columnar
stems and bearing honey-scented creamy yellow flowers; --
called also the boojum tree.
Syn: boojum tree, Fouquieria columnaris, {Idria
columnaris}.
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Intercolumnar
(gcide) | Intercolumnar \In`ter*co*lum"nar\, a.
Between columns or pillars; as, the intercolumnar fibers of
Poupart's ligament; an intercolumnar statue.
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Intercolumniation
(gcide) | Intercolumniation \In`ter*co*lum`ni*a"tion\, n. (Arch.)
The clear space between two columns, measured at the bottom
of their shafts. --Gwilt.
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Note: It is customary to measure the intercolumniation in
terms of the diameter of the shaft, taken also at the
bottom. Different words, derived from the Greek, are in
use to denote certain common proportions. They are:
Pycnostyle, when the intercolumniation is of one and
a half diameters; Systyle, of two diameters;
Eustyle, of two and a quarter diameters; Diastyle,
of three diameters; Ar[ae]ostyle, of four or more,
and so great that a wooden architrave has to be used
instead of stone; Ar[ae]osystyle, when the
intercolumniations are alternately systyle and
ar[ae]ostyle.
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noncolumned
(gcide) | noncolumned \noncolumned\ adj. (Arch.)
not having columns. [Narrower terms: astylar; unpillared]
columned
Syn: uncolumned.
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Parallel columns
(gcide) | Parallel \Par"al*lel\, a. [F. parall[`e]le, L. parallelus, fr.
Gr. ?; para` beside + ? of one another, fr. ? other, akin to
L. alius. See Alien.]
1. (Geom.) Extended in the same direction, and in all parts
equally distant; as, parallel lines; parallel planes.
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Revolutions . . . parallel to the equinoctial.
--Hakluyt.
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Note: Curved lines or curved planes are said to be parallel
when they are in all parts equally distant.
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2. Having the same direction or tendency; running side by
side; being in accordance (with); tending to the same
result; -- used with to and with.
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When honor runs parallel with the laws of God and
our country, it can not be too much cherished.
--Addison.
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3. Continuing a resemblance through many particulars;
applicable in all essential parts; like; similar; as, a
parallel case; a parallel passage. --Addison.
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Parallel bar.
(a) (Steam Eng.) A rod in a parallel motion which is
parallel with the working beam.
(b) One of a pair of bars raised about five feet above the
floor or ground, and parallel to each other, -- used
for gymnastic exercises.
Parallel circles of a sphere, those circles of the sphere
whose planes are parallel to each other.
Parallel columns, or Parallels (Printing), two or more
passages of reading matter printed side by side, for the
purpose of emphasizing the similarity or discrepancy
between them.
Parallel forces (Mech.), forces which act in directions
parallel to each other.
Parallel motion.
(a) (Mach.) A jointed system of links, rods, or bars, by
which the motion of a reciprocating piece, as a piston
rod, may be guided, either approximately or exactly in
a straight line. --Rankine.
(b) (Mus.) The ascending or descending of two or more
parts at fixed intervals, as thirds or sixths.
Parallel rod (Locomotive Eng.), a metal rod that connects
the crank pins of two or more driving wheels; -- called
also couping rod, in distinction from the connecting
rod. See Illust. of Locomotive, in App. -- {Parallel
ruler}, an instrument for drawing parallel lines, so
constructed as to have the successive positions of the
ruling edge parallel to each other; also, one consisting
of two movable parts, the opposite edges of which are
always parallel.
Parallel sailing (Naut.), sailing on a parallel of
latitude.
Parallel sphere (Astron. & Geog.), that position of the
sphere in which the circles of daily motion are parallel
to the horizon, as to an observer at either pole.
Parallel vise, a vise having jaws so guided as to remain
parallel in all positions.
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Persian columns
(gcide) | Persian \Per"sian\, a. [From Persia: cf. It. Persiano. Cf.
Parsee, Peach, Persic.]
Of or pertaining to Persia, to the Persians, or to their
language.
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Persian berry, the fruit of Rhamnus infectorius, a kind
of buckthorn, used for dyeing yellow, and imported chiefly
from Trebizond.
Persian cat. (Zool.) Same as Angora cat, under Angora.
Persian columns (Arch.), columns of which the shaft
represents a Persian slave; -- called also Persians. See
Atlantes.
Persian drill (Mech.), a drill which is turned by pushing a
nut back and forth along a spirally grooved drill holder.
Persian fire (Med.), malignant pustule.
Persian powder. See Insect powder, under Insect.
Persian red. See Indian red
(a), under Indian.
Persian wheel, a noria; a tympanum. See Noria.
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Semicolumn
(gcide) | Semicolumn \Sem"i*col`umn\, n.
A half column; a column bisected longitudinally, or along its
axis.
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Semicolumnar
(gcide) | Semicolumnar \Sem`i*co*lum"nar\, a.
Like a semicolumn; flat on one side and round on the other;
imperfectly columnar.
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Spinal column
(gcide) | Spinal \Spi"nal\, a. [L. spinalis, fr. spina the spine: cf. F.
spinal. See Spine.]
1. (Anat.) Of, pertaining to, or in the region of, the
backbone, or vertebral column; rachidian; vertebral.
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2. Of or pertaining to a spine or spines.
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Spinal accessory nerves, the eleventh pair of cranial
nerves in the higher vertebrates. They originate from the
spinal cord and pass forward into the skull, from which
they emerge in company with the pneumogastrics.
Spinal column, the backbone, or connected series or
vertebrae which forms the axis of the vertebrate skeleton;
the spine; rachis; vertebral column.
Spinal cord, the great nervous cord extending backward from
the brain along the dorsal side of the spinal column of a
vertebrate animal, and usually terminating in a threadlike
appendage called the filum terminale; the spinal, or
vertebral, marrow; the myelon. The nervous tissue consists
of nerve fibers and nerve cells, the latter being confined
to the so-called gray matter of the central portions of
the cord, while the peripheral white matter is composed of
nerve fibers only. The center of the cord is traversed by
a slender canal connecting with the ventricles of the
brain.
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Subcolumnar
(gcide) | Subcolumnar \Sub`co*lum"nar\, a. (Geol.)
Having an imperfect or interrupted columnar structure.
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Supercolumniation
(gcide) | Supercolumniation \Su`per*co*lum`ni*a"tion\, n. (Arch.)
The putting of one order above another; also, an
architectural work produced by this method; as, the putting
of the Doric order in the ground story, Ionic above it, and
Corinthian or Composite above this.
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Vesicular column
(gcide) | Vesicular \Ve*sic"u*lar\, a. [Cf. F. v['e]siculaire.]
1. Of or pertaining to vesicles; esp., of or pertaining to
the air vesicles, or air cells, of the lungs; as,
vesicular breathing, or normal breathing, in which the air
enters freely the air vesicles of the lungs.
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2. Containing, or composed of, vesicles or vesiclelike
structures; covered with vesicles or bladders; vesiculate;
as, a vesicular coral; vesicular lava; a vesicular leaf.
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3. Having the form or structure of a vesicle; as, a vesicular
body.
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Vesicular column (Anat.), a series of nerve cells forming
one of the tracts distinguished in the spinal cord; --
also called the ganglionic column.
Vesicular emphysema (Med.), emphysema of the lungs, in
which the air vesicles are distended and their walls
ruptured.
Vesicular murmur (Med.), the sound, audible on auscultation
of the chest, made by the air entering and leaving the air
vesicles of the lungs in respiration.
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agony column
(wn) | agony column
n 1: a newspaper column devoted to personal problems |
araucaria columnaris
(wn) | Araucaria columnaris
n 1: very tall evergreen of New Caledonia and the New Hebrides
similar to norfolk island pine [syn: new caledonian pine,
Araucaria columnaris] |
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