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William L Safire William L Safire
William L. Safire , 1929-, American journalist and speechwriter, b. New York City. A former reporter and public-relations executive, he became a speechwriter (1968-73) for Richard Nixon during his 1968 presidential campaign. From 1973 to 2005 his editorial columns in the New York Times provided... Read more
vertebral column vertebral column
vertebral column (backbone; spinal column; spine) A flexible bony column in vertebrates that extends down the long axis of the body and provides the main skeletal support. It also encloses and protects the spinal cord and provides attachment for the muscles of the back. The vertebral column consists... Read more
entasis entasis
entasis [Gr.,=stretching], the slight convex curvature of a classical column that diminishes in diameter as it rises. This device, as used by Greek builders, was of extreme subtlety, the freehand curvature being merely sufficient to guard the contours of the column from any appearance of inward... Read more
column column
column vertical architectural support, circular or polygonal in plan. A column is generally at least four or five times as high as its diameter or width; stubbier freestanding masses of masonry are usually called piers or pillars, particularly those with a rectangular plan. In fully developed... Read more
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periodic table chart of the elements arranged according to the periodic law discovered by Dmitri I. Mendeleev and revised by Henry G. J. Moseley . In the periodic table the elements are arranged in columns and rows according to increasing atomic number (see the table entitled Periodic Table... Read more
chromatography chromatography
chromatography , resolution of a chemical mixture into its component compounds by passing it through a system that retards each compound to a varying degree; a system capable of accomplishing this is called a chromatograph. The retarding system can be a surface adsorbant, such as silica, alumina,... Read more
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colonnade , a row of columns usually supporting a roof. Colonnades were popular with the Greeks and Romans, who employed them in the stoa and the portico ; they have continued to be used throughout the Middle Ages, the Renaissance, and modern times. See column .... Read more
agony agony
agony extreme mental or physical suffering.agony column originally (in the mid 19th century) the column of a newspaper containing special advertisements, particularly those for missing relatives or friends, and thus containing evidence of great distress. Later (the current meaning), it became a... Read more
intercolumniation intercolumniation
intercolumniation , in classical architecture, the clear space between the edges of two adjacent columns, as measured at the lower portion of their shafts. Vitruvius compiled standard intercolumniations for the three orders, expressed in terms of the column diameter. In the great works of Greek... Read more

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