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Meanings of columnar in English

Having the form of a column.

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Examples for "columnlike"
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The weather-tanned neck that rose, columnlike, from the open shirt-throat.
The Gun-Brand
2
He was being looked at by a dead man who was seated with his back against a columnlike tree.
The Red Badge of Courage: An Episode of the American Civil War
Usage of columnar in English
1
Compound derived shadows are of two kinds; that is columnar and spreading.
The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci — Volume 1
2
We charged up the 20-minute approach to a wall of columnar basalt.
Climbing Magazine
3
At the end of the traverse, the route moves up columnar blocks.
Climbing Magazine
4
Mapping cortical columnar structures is important to understand cortical information processing.
Pubmed
5
Results: Conventional aneurysm repair resulted in a threefold increase in columnar epithelial apoptosis.
Pubmed
6
Here, in a long aisle of columnar pines, Kut-le called the first halt.
The Heart of the Desert / Kut-Le of the Desert
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The trunks are more columnar than those of almost all other hardy trees.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 417, December 29, 1883
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The islands are rocky and barren, presenting high cliffs of a columnar structure.
The Journey to the Polar Sea
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This mass exhibits a columnar structure similar to that of the Giant's Causeway.
The Bay State Monthly, Volume 3, No. 2
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Abnormal columnar lining of the esophagus is a well-recognized premalignant condition.
Pubmed
11
Instead, the vast majority are columnar basalt cracks that take gear.
Climbing Magazine
12
High-grade dysplasia is an important marker of malignancy in patients with a columnar-lined esophagus.
Pubmed
13
These are the columnar masses of rock which form the face of Salisbury Crags.
Complete Project Gutenberg Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Works
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This negative signal has been successfully applied for columnar mapping.
Pubmed
15
Cdx2 regulates the expression of intestine-specific genes and induces cell adhesion and columnar morphogenesis.
Pubmed
16
There was none: all was interwoven stem, columnar trunk, dense summer foliage-noopening anywhere.
Jane Eyre: An Autobiography
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