columnar
adjective
uk
/kəˈlʌm.nər/ us
/kəˈlʌm.nɚ/Meaning of columnar in English
(Definition of columnar from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
Examples of columnar
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Furthermore, he omits columnar structure entirely from this discussion.
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Conductive cooling of lava: columnar joint diameter and stria width as functions of cooling rate and thermal gradient.
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In no case did we observe a columnar pattern in the cor tical response to one pair of gratings but not the other.
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In the actual tactile sensor, the columnar feeler is supported by a hole of a stainless steel sheet.
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We have shown here the relationships between fully nonlinear standing periodic wavetrains and solitary waves and the underlying columnar flows.
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One hypothesis for the widespread presence of columnar organization depends on computational necessity-information for neuronal computation must be present within the span of local circuits.
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The combined effects of less erosion-resistant marly limestone and the columnar jointing of basalts caused the rapid migration of the knickpoint toward the upstream reach.
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Note that columnar structure in the selective responses for cardinal and oblique orientations appear to emerge simultaneously.
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A three-dimensional sketch of the trajectories of each portion of the columnar vortex pair is displayed in figure 14.
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The columnar vortex pair is literally chopped into small individual pancake dipoles.
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These solitary-wave flow fields approach the primary columnar flow asymptotically a t large upstream and downstream distances.
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Progress to this columnar stage is relatively slow with a timescale much greater than a millisecond and the gravity-induced straining is clearly important.
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Oscillatory responses in cat visual cor tex exhibit inter-columnar synchronization which reflects global stimulus proper ties.
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The lava flows are occasionally columnar jointed and commonly show spheroidal weathering, but appear to lack pillow lava structures.
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The sensor's single cell consists of a columnar feeler and 2-by-2 conical feelers.
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