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  2. Column - Wikipedia

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    The term column applies especially to a large round support (the shaft of the column) with a capital and a base or pedestal, [1] which is made of stone, or appearing to be so. A small wooden or metal support is typically called a post. Supports with a rectangular or other non-round section are usually called piers.

  3. List of typographical symbols and punctuation marks - Wikipedia

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    In this table, The first cell in each row gives a symbol; The second is a link to the article that details that symbol, using its Unicode standard name or common alias.

  4. Table (information) - Wikipedia

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    the term column has several common synonyms (e.g., field, parameter, property, attribute, stanchion); a column is usually identified by a name; a column name can consist of a word, phrase or a numerical index; the intersection of a row and a column is called a cell.

  5. Column (periodical) - Wikipedia

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    Additionally, a column features a standard heading, known as a title, and a byline with the author's name at the top. Newspapers usually print all articles organised in narrow columns of many lines of text; the term column as discussed in this article is distinct from, though derived from, this layout description.

  6. Glossary of architecture - Wikipedia

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    It is probably so called because of its arrangement in regulated distances. [64] Moulding A decorative finishing strip. Monotriglyph The interval of the intercolumniation of the Doric column, which is observed by the intervention of one triglyph only between the triglyphs which come over

  7. Wal-Mart -- or is it Walmart? -- tries to shed its hyphen - AOL

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    At the end of its second-quarter earnings release, Wal-Mart dropped a bomb on the business community. Henceforth, the big-box behemoth would no longer be called "Wal-Mart," but rather "Walmart ...

  8. List of proofreader's marks - Wikipedia

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    Put text in correct font wc/ww: word choice/wrong word: Incorrect or awkward word choice hr # Insert hair space: s/b: should be: Selection should be whatever edit follows this mark s/r: substitute/replace: Make the substitution tr: transpose: Transpose the two words selected vf: verb form (Mostly used when translating) The version of the verb ...

  9. Column (typography) - Wikipedia

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    Column width is traditionally called measure by typesetters. For best legibility, typographic manuals suggest that columns should be wide enough to contain roughly 60 characters per line. [ 3 ] One formula suggests multiplying the point size of the font by 2 to reach how wide a column should be in picas [ 4 ] — in effect a column width of 24 ...