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columnar
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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
(wn) | columnar
adj 1: having the form of a column; "trees with columniform
trunks"; "columnar forms"; "a columnlike tree trunk"
[syn: columniform, columnar, columnlike]
2: characterized by columns; "columnar construction" |
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columnar
(encz) | columnar,sloupcovitý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
columnar cell
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columnar epithelial cell
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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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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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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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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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Subcolumnar
(gcide) | Subcolumnar \Sub`co*lum"nar\, a. (Geol.)
Having an imperfect or interrupted columnar structure.
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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] |
columnar
(wn) | columnar
adj 1: having the form of a column; "trees with columniform
trunks"; "columnar forms"; "a columnlike tree trunk"
[syn: columniform, columnar, columnlike]
2: characterized by columns; "columnar construction" |
columnar cell
(wn) | columnar cell
n 1: an epithelial cell that is shaped like a column; some have
cilia [syn: columnar cell, columnar epithelial cell] |
columnar epithelial cell
(wn) | columnar epithelial cell
n 1: an epithelial cell that is shaped like a column; some have
cilia [syn: columnar cell, columnar epithelial cell] |
fouquieria columnaris
(wn) | Fouquieria columnaris
n 1: candlewood of Mexico and southwestern California having
tall columnar stems and bearing honey-scented creamy yellow
flowers [syn: boojum tree, cirio, {Fouquieria
columnaris}, Idria columnaris] |
idria columnaris
(wn) | Idria columnaris
n 1: candlewood of Mexico and southwestern California having
tall columnar stems and bearing honey-scented creamy yellow
flowers [syn: boojum tree, cirio, {Fouquieria
columnaris}, Idria columnaris] |
ratibida columnaris
(wn) | Ratibida columnaris
n 1: coneflower with flower heads resembling a Mexican hat with
a tall red-brown disk and drooping yellow or yellow and
red-brown rays; grows in the great plains along base of
Rocky Mountains [syn: Mexican hat, Ratibida columnaris] |
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