Shaft+of+a+column
51Monolithic column — For other uses, see Monolithic HPLC column. Pompey s Pillar, a Roman monolithic column in Alexandria, Egypt A monolithic column is a column of which the shaft is made from one single piece of stone instead of different sections. They are… …
52mid-wall column — noun or mid wall shaft : a column or shaft carrying a wall thicker than its own diameter and standing about midway between the front and back of the wall …
53Trajan's Column — ▪ monument, Rome, Italy monument erected AD 106–113 by the Roman emperor Trajan and surviving intact in the ruins of Trajan s Forum in Rome. A marble column of the Roman Doric order, it measures 125 feet (38 m) high together with the pedestal,… …
54diminished shaft — noun : the shaft of a tapering column …
55nook shaft — noun : a column set in a reentering angle (as that made by the parts of a compound pier) differing from an angle shaft in standing free and being therefore usually larger …
56Diminished column — Diminish Di*min ish, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Diminished}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Diminishing}.] [Pref. di (= L. dis ) + minish: cf. L. diminuere, F. diminuer, OE. diminuen. See {Dis }, and {Minish}.] 1. To make smaller in any manner; to reduce in bulk or… …
57midwall column — /mid wawl / a column or the like carrying a wall overhanging it on both sides. Also called midwall shaft. [MID + WALL] * * * …
58steering column — ► NOUN ▪ a shaft that connects the steering wheel of a vehicle to the rest of the steering mechanism …
59annulated column — noun or annulated shaft : a column made up of a cluster of shafts seemingly held together by an annular band at intervals but commonly worked on an interposed stone plate whose edge slightly projects and often found in clustered piers of Gothic… …
60midwall column — /mid wawl / a column or the like carrying a wall overhanging it on both sides. Also called midwall shaft. [MID + WALL] …
