(frz. zu lat. columna 'Säule'),
1. Militär. die Aufstellung von Soldaten hintereinander (z.B. in einer Marsch-K.); Gegensatz: Linie.
2. In Rechnungen, Graphiken senkrecht untereinander angeordnete Zahlen, Zeichen oder Wörter. -
3. In der chem. Technik eine Trennungssäule beim Destillieren.
(Buchdruck) Beim Buchdruck die Druckspalte, Spalte innerhalb einer Tabelle.
ETYM Old Eng. band, bond, Icel. band; akin to German, Swed., and Dutch band, Old High Germ. bant, Goth. bandi, Skr. bandha a binding, bandh to bind, for bhanda, bhandh, also to Eng. bend, bind. Related to Bind, Bend, Bond, Bandy.
(Homonym: banned).
1. A strip or stripe of a contrasting color or material; SYN. banding, stripe.
2. A stripe of contrasting color; SYN. stria, striation.
3. Band of radio frequencies for e.g. transmitting a TV signal; SYN. frequency band.
4. A group of musicians.
5. A strip wrapped around something to hold it together.
6. Something elongated that is worn around the body or one of the limbs.
ETYM Latin columna, from columen, culmen, from cellere (used only in comp.), akin to Eng. excel, and prob. to holm. See Holm, Colonel.
1. A tall, cylindrical upright structure, used in architecture; SYN. pillar.
2. Anything tall and thin approximating the shape of a column or tower; SYN. tower, pillar.
3. A vertical structure standing alone and not supporting anything (as a monument or a column of air); SYN. pillar.
4. A linear array of numbers one above another.
5. 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; SYN. chromatography column.
6. An article giving opinions or perspectives; SYN. editorial, newspaper column.
7. A line of (usually military) units following one after another.
Teil eines Destilliergeräts für die fraktionierte Destillation.
Marschformation von Truppen; Reihe von Fahrzeugen.