parallel column
collocation in Englishmeaningsofparallelandcolumn
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parallel
adjective
uk/ˈpær.ə.lel/us/ˈper.ə.lel/
If two or more lines, streets, etc. are parallel, the distance between them is the same all along ...
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column
noun[C]
uk/ˈkɒl.əm/us/ˈkɑː.ləm/
one of several vertical blocks of print into which a page of a newspaper or magazine ...
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(Definition ofparallelandcolumnfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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The first has two parallel columns that support a beam with two faces.
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The second also has column motifs but here two parallel columns support a single pillar.
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The author's attitude can best be judged from the following extracts which show questions and answers in parallel columns.
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The cases, to put them in parallel columns, are something like this.
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I have a schedule which lists in parallel columns the conclusions and comments of the three documents we are considering.
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Replies, careful replies, moderate replies, unaggressive replies, have been printed in parallel columns in reply to those accusations.
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The pictures are arranged in two parallel columns on each page, each column having four medallions with pictures.
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It is composed of two parallel columns of 31 floors and 4 more floors at the top joined by a lintel.
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The two divisions were proceeding in parallel columns headed towards the shore, which meant that shortly they must turn.
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In the solid alkali metal salts, the croconate anions and the alkali cations form parallel columns.
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They pasture and travel together in parallel columns, but seldom intermingle more closely, and at night they always classify themselves.
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Each page contains two parallel columns with 35 lines, and 12-13 letters per line.
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It became common for prayer books to be printed with the 1662 and 1928 forms of service in parallel columns, although the legal basis of the revision remained unclear.
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Balance sheets are commonly presented as two parallel columns, each summing to the same total, with the assets on the left, and liabilities and owners' equity on the right.
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Shivaji was taken to his place among the nobles who stood in two parallel columns in front of the throne.
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