columnar
US/kəˈlʌm.nəɹ/
columnar adjective: having the shape of a column.
Adjective
columnar (not comparable)
- Having the shape of a column.
- Constructed with columns.
- Of or pertaining to an epithelium with has cells taller than they are wide (column-shaped).
- where a villus comes next to a gland the short cubical cells of the gland may be traced into the columnar cells of the villus , the hyaline border becoming more marked1880, Arthur Gamgee, A Text-book of the physiological chemistry […]
columnar meaning in Tamil
columnar in Tamil
- கனப்பட்டை, தூண்போன்ற செங்குத்து அமைப்பு
Origin of columnar
From Latin columnāris. By surface analysis, column + -ar.
Words formed from columnar
- bicolumnar
- circumcolumnar
- columnarity
- columnarize
- columnarly
- extracolumnar
- half columnar
- intercolumnar
- intracolumnar
- microcolumnar
- multicolumnar
- nanocolumnar
- noncolumnar
- pseudocolumnar
- semicolumnar
- squamocolumnar
- stratified columnar epithelium
- subcolumnar
- supercolumnar
- supracolumnar
- transcolumnar
- tricolumnar
Phrases with columnar
Questions about columnar
- What does columnar mean?
- Columnar means having the shape of a column.
- What is columnar in Tamil?
- Columnar in Tamil is கனப்பட்டை, தூண்போன்ற செங்குத்து அமைப்பு. See Columnar meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is columnar?
- Columnar is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce columnar?
- Columnar is pronounced /kəˈlʌm.nəɹ/ (US).
Words near columnar in the dictionary
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