columnar

[kuh-luhm-ner]

adjective

1. shaped like a column.

2. characterized by columns.

   columnar architecture.

3. Also columnal printed, arranged, etc., in columns.

   data in columnar form.

Other Word Forms

• columnarity noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of columnar¹

1720–30; < Late Latin columnāris, equivalent to column ( a ) column + -āris -ar ¹

Example Sentences

They could thereby assemble the chlorophyll molecules into two different forms, namely columnar stacks and discrete aggregates, mimicking the circular and tubular arrangements seen in photosynthetic bacteria.

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In a recent study, researchers from Japan developed modified norcorrole molecules whose side chains favored the formation of columnar π-stacking structures.

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To replicate the columnar formations of birds, in which they line up one directly behind the other, the researchers created mechanized flappers that act like birds' wings.

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This layered compound, like the previously reported one, also exhibited columnar defects spanning all stacked layers.

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It is transparent, colorless and made primarily of phosphorus formed as columnar crystals.

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