coluna

Phonetic: "/ˈkɑljəm/"

Part Of Speech: noun

Definition: A solid upright structure designed usually to support a larger structure above it, such as a roof or horizontal beam, but sometimes for decoration.

Definition: A vertical line of entries in a table, usually read from top to bottom.

Definition: A body of troops or army vehicles, usually strung out along a road.

Definition: A body of text meant to be read line by line, especially in printed material that has multiple adjacent such on a single page.

Example: It was too hard to read the text across the whole page, so I split it into two columns.

Definition: A unit of width, especially of advertisements, in a periodical, equivalent to the width of a usual column of text.

Example: Each column inch costs $300 a week; this ad is four columns by three inches, so will run $3600 a week.

Definition: (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.

Example: His initial foray into print media was as the author of a weekly column in his elementary-school newspaper.

Definition: Something having similar vertical form or structure to the things mentioned above, such as a spinal column.

Definition: The gynostemium

Definition: (chemistry) An object used to separate the different components of a liquid or to purify chemical compounds.