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col·umn [ˈkɒləm, Am ˈkɑ:-] N

1. column (pillar):

column
Säule f <-, -n>
column
Pfeiler m <-s, ->
Nelson's Column
Denkmal am Trafalgar Square in London
stone column
Steinsäule f

2. column (narrow vertical shape):

column
Röhre f <-, -n>
column of smoke
Rauchsäule f <-, -n>
spinal column ANAT
Wirbelsäule f <-, -n>
spinal column ANAT
Rückgrat nt <-(e)s, -e>

3. column MIL, NAUT (formation):

column
Kolonne f <-, -n>
to march in columns of four
in Viererreihen marschieren

4. column TYPO:

column
Kolumne f <-, -n>
column
Textspalte f

5. column (article):

column
Kolumne f <-, -n>
column
Spalte f <-, -n>
fashion/gossip column
Mode-/Klatschspalte f
political column
politischer Kommentar

6. column (vertical row):

column
Kolonne f <-, -n>
column
Reihe f <-, -n>
column of figures
Zahlenreihe f <-, -n>
column of figures
Zahlenkolonne f

ad·ˈvice col·umn N Am (agony column)

advice column
Beratungsrubrik f
advice column
Briefkasten m <-s, -kästen>
advice column
Kummerecke f inf

ˈagon·y col·umn N Brit inf

agony column
Kummerkasten m inf
agony column
Kummerecke f inf

ˈbub·ble col·umn N CHEM

bubble column
Blasensäule f

con·ˈtrol col·umn N

control column
Steuerknüppel m <-s, ->

cor·re·ˈspond·ence col·umn N Brit

correspondence column
Leserbriefspalte f

ˈcred·it col·umn N

credit column
Habenseite f <-, -n>

ˈdeb·it col·umn N

debit column
Sollseite f <-, -n>
debit column
Debetseite f <-, -n>

fifth ˈcol·umn N + sing/pl vb POL

fifth column
fünfte Kolonne

ˈgos·sip col·umn N

gossip column
Klatschspalte f <-, -n> pej inf

packed ˈcol·umn N CHEM

packed column
Füllkörperkolonne f
packed column
Füllkörpersäule f

ˈper·son·al col·umn N Brit, Aus

personal column
Rubrik f ‚Kontakte‘
to place [or put] sth in the personal column
eine Kontaktanzeige aufgeben

sepa·ra·ting col·umn [sepəreɪtɪŋ-ˈ, Am -əreɪt-] N CHEM

separating column (chromatography)
Trennsäule f