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ColumnarColumnar 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.
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. Columnar epitheliumColumnar 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.
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. Columnar structureStructure 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.]
His son builds on, and never is content Till the
last farthing is in structure spent. --J. Dryden,
Jr.
2. Manner of building; form; make; construction.
Want of insight into the structure and constitution
of the terraqueous globe. --Woodward.
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.
It [basalt] has often a prismatic structure. --Dana.
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.
5. That which is built; a building; esp., a building of some
size or magnificence; an edifice.
There stands a structure of majestic frame. --Pope.
Columnar structure. See under Columnar. Columnar structureColumnar 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.
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. Columnarity
Columnarity Col`um*nar"i*ty, n.
The state or quality of being columnar.
Columnated
Columnated Co*lum"na*ted, a.
Having columns; as, columnated temples.
Semicolumnar
Semicolumnar Sem`i*co*lum"nar, a.
Like a semicolumn; flat on one side and round on the other;
imperfectly columnar.
Subcolumnar
Subcolumnar Sub`co*lum"nar, a. (Geol.)
Having an imperfect or interrupted columnar structure.
Meaning of Columna from wikipedia
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Columna may
refer to:
Columna (gastropod) a
genus of
snails The
Column (film), a 1968
Romanian historical film
directed by
Mircea Drăgan .
Columna Lactaria...
- force. The term "fifth column"
originated in
Spain (originally
quinta columna)
during the
early phase of the
Spanish Civil War. It
gained po****rity...
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human spinal column and its
regions Vertebral column of a goat
Details Identifiers Latin columna vertebralis Anatomical terminology [edit on Wikidata]...
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within the
genus Columna include:
Columna columna (O.F. Müller, 1774)
Columna flammea von
Martens Columna hainesi (Pfeiffer, 1852)
Columna leai Tryon, 1866...
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Cephalocereus columna-trajani is a
species of
cactus from Mexico.
Cephalocereus columna-trajani
grows with non-branching
green shoots and
reaches heights...
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Cerithium columna is a
species of sea snail, a
marine gastropod mollusk in the
family Cerithiidae. The
distribution of
Cerithium columna includes the Pacific...
- The
Revolutionary Armed Forces of
Colombia – People's Army (Spanish:
Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia – Ejército del Pueblo, FARC–EP or FARC)...
- The
Durruti Column (Spanish:
Columna Durruti), with
about 6,000 people, was the
largest anarchist column (or
military unit)
formed during the Spanish...
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Lamellibrachia columna is a
vestimentiferan tube worm from the
South Pacific Ocean that has been
shown to be very
closely related genetically to Lamellibrachia...
- Trajan's
Column (Italian:
Colonna Traiana, Latin:
Columna Traiani) is a
Roman triumphal column in Rome, Italy, that
commemorates Roman emperor Trajan's...
