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columnization

columnization noun: formation into columns or pillars.

Noun

columnization

  1. Formation into columns or pillars.
    • Columnization of pillars is the most common practice in pillar layout for roof stability, yet analyses demonstrate that columnization results in a very high load concentration in the pillars.1990, W. Hustrulid, G. A. Johnson, Rock Mechanics Contributions and Challenges

Origin of columnization

From column + -ization.

Questions about columnization

What does columnization mean?
Columnization means formation into columns or pillars.
What part of speech is columnization?
Columnization is a noun.

Words near columnization in the dictionary

  1. columniferous
  2. columniform
  3. columnist
  4. columnistic
  5. columnists
  6. columnization
  7. columnize
  8. columnized
  9. columnizes
  10. columnizing
  11. columnless

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