Columnar

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  • adjective. Having the shape of a column.
  • adjective. Constructed with or having columns.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • In geology, divided into columns, by tension-joints, as is frequent in flows of basalt. The Giant's Causeway, in Ireland, is a famous instance.
  • Arranged, written, or printed in columns, as in Chinese, Japanese, Korean, etc., writing.
  • Having the form of a column; formed in columns; like the shaft of a column.
  • Of or pertaining to columns, or to a column.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Formed in columns; having the form of a column or columns; like the shaft of a column.
  • adjective. epithelium in which the cells are prismatic in form, and set upright on the surface they cover.
  • adjective. 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.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. Having the shape of a column.
  • adjective. Constructed with columns.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adjective. having the form of a column
  • adjective. characterized by columns
  • Word Usage
    "Longer term, Schlegel said performance could also be boosted using an emerging architecture known as a columnar databases, which optimise the database to extract a few columns of data extremely quickly, rather than rows of data."
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    columned  
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