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A column is a vertical structural element in architecture.

Contents

• Art and entertainment
• Computing, informatics and mathematics
• Military
• Science
• Other uses
• See also

Column or columns may also refer to:

Art and entertainment

• Column (periodical), a recurring piece or article in a newspaper or magazine
• "Columns" (How I Met Your Mother), a 2007 episode of How I Met Your Mother
• Columns (video game), a puzzle video game

Computing, informatics and mathematics

• Column (data store), a NoSQL object
• Column (database), a set of data values of a particular type in a relational database
• Column(s) in a table (information), a data arrangement with rows and columns
• Column vector, an m × 1 matrix in linear algebra
• Miller Columns, the data tree structure visualization technique

Military

• Column (formation), a military formation
• Flying column, a combined arms independent military formation of a temporary nature

Science

• Column (botany) or gynostemium, a part of an orchid
• Column chromatography, a method used to purify individual chemical compounds from mixtures of compounds
• Column-based nucleic acid purification
• Cortical column, a group of neurons in the brain cortex
• Fractionating column, an essential item used in distillation of liquid mixtures
• Packed bed column, an apparatus used in column chromatography, absorption, scrubbing and distillation
• Stalagnate (or pillar or sinter column), a limestone cave formation comprising a column from the ceiling to the floor
• Vertebral column, a column of vertebrae situated in the dorsal aspect of the abdomen
• Column (fluid dynamics), a vertical body of one fluid moving through another
  • Eruption column, a cloud of super-heated material suspended in gases after a volcanic eruption

Other uses

• Columns (juggling), a juggling pattern
• Column (typography), a vertical block of text positioned on a page
• Columns of Gediminas, one of the earliest symbols of Lithuania and its historical coats of arms.
• Fifth Column, group of people who undermine a larger group, city or nation

See also

• Collum (disambiguation), a neck or neck-like structure, also a surname
• Columnar (disambiguation)
• Column groups and row groups
• Help:Columns
• Template:Column
• Template:Columns-list

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