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column is a vertical structural element in architecture.
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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
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