column

an article giving opinions or perspectives

anything that approximates the shape of a column or tower

“the test tube held a column of white powder”

a vertical cylindrical structure standing alone and not supporting anything (such as a monument)

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

a tall vertical cylindrical structure standing upright and used to support a structure

a line of units following one after another

any tubular or pillar-like supporting structure in the body

a page or text that is vertically divided

“the newspaper devoted several columns to the subject”

a vertical array of numbers or other information

“he added a column of numbers”