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==Origin==

==Origin==

[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] ''piler'', from Anglo-French, from Medieval Latin ''pilare'', from [[Latin]] ''pila''

[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] ''piler'', from Anglo-French, from Medieval Latin ''pilare'', from [[Latin]] ''pila''

*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/13th_century 13th Century]

*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/13th_century 13th Century]

==Definitions==

==Definitions==

*1a : a firm upright [[support]] for a superstructure : post  

*1a : a firm upright [[support]] for a superstructure : post  

*4: a [[body]] part that resembles a column  

*4: a [[body]] part that resembles a column  

==Description==

==Description==

A ''column'' or '''pillar''' in [[architecture]] and structural engineering is an structural element that [[transmits]], through [[compression]], the [[weight]] of the [[structure]] above to other structural elements below. For the [[purpose]] of [[wind]] or [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earthquake_engineering earthquake engineering], columns may be [[designed]] to resist lateral forces. Other compression members are often termed "columns" because of the similar [[stress]] conditions. Columns are frequently used to [[support]] beams or arches on which the upper parts of walls or ceilings [[rest]]. In [[architecture]], "column" refers to such a structural element that also has certain [[proportional]] and decorative features. A column might also be a decorative element not needed for structural [[purposes]]; many columns are "[[engaged]] with", that is to say form part of a wall.[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Column]

A ''column'' or '''pillar''' in [[architecture]] and structural engineering is an structural element that [[transmits]], through [[compression]], the [[weight]] of the [[structure]] above to other structural elements below. For the [[purpose]] of [[wind]] or [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earthquake_engineering earthquake engineering], columns may be [[designed]] to resist lateral forces. Other compression members are often termed "columns" because of the similar [[stress]] conditions. Columns are frequently used to [[support]] beams or arches on which the upper parts of walls or ceilings [[rest]]. In [[architecture]], "column" refers to such a structural element that also has certain [[proportional]] and decorative features. A column might also be a decorative element not needed for structural [[purposes]]; many columns are "[[engaged]] with", that is to say form part of a wall.[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Column]

[[Category: Architecture]]

[[Category: Architecture]]