in columnar form

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• columnar — columnarity /kol euhm nar i tee/, n. /keuh lum neuhr/, adj. 1. shaped like a column. 2. characterized by columns: columnar architecture. 3. Also, columnal. printed, arranged, etc., in columns: data in columnar form. [1720 30; < LL columnaris,… …   Universalium

• 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. [1913 Webster] {Columnar epithelium} (Anat.), epithelium in which the cells are prismatic in form, and set upright …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Columnar epithelium — 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. [1913 Webster] {Columnar epithelium} (Anat.), epithelium in which the cells are prismatic in form, and… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Columnar structure — 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. [1913 Webster] {Columnar epithelium} (Anat.), epithelium in which the cells are prismatic in form, and… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• columnar — 1728, from L.L. columnaris rising in the form of a pillar, from columna column (see COLUMN (Cf. column)) …   Etymology dictionary

• Columnar phase — The columnar phase is a class of mesophases in which molecules assemble into cylindrical structures to act as mesogens. Originally, these kinds of liquid crystals were called discotic liquid crystals because the columnar structures are composed… …   Wikipedia

• Columnar — In biology, columnar refers to the shape of epithelial cells that are taller than they are wide.[1] Form follows function in biology, and columnar morphorphology hints at the functions of the cell. Columnar cells are important in absorption and… …   Wikipedia

• Columnar structure — 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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• columnar — adjective 1. having the form of a column trees with columniform trunks columnar forms a columnlike tree trunk • Syn: ↑columniform, ↑columnlike • Similar to: ↑columned …   Useful english dictionary

• columnar jointing — /kəˌlʌmnə ˈdʒɔɪntɪŋ/ (say kuh.lumnuh joynting) noun that variety of jointing which breaks the rock into columns, especially of basaltic rock in which the joints form a hexagonal pattern by shrinkage during cooling …  

• columnar transposition — noun : encipherment in which letters of the alphabet or of a message first written normally in the cells of a rectangle are copied out of it by reading down the columns in an agreed or keyed sequence to form a mixed alphabet or a ciphertext of… …   Useful english dictionary