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A column or pillar in architecture and structural engineering is a structural element that transmits, through compression, the weight of the structure above to other structural elements below. In other words, a column is a compression member. The term column applies especially to a large round support (the shaft of the column) with a capital and a base…
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| Subject | Predicate | Object | Confidence | Src |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Column | is a | compression member | 0.90 | text |
| Column | is a | part between each of the flutes on the Ionic order columns | 0.90 | text |
| Column | is a | column embedded in a wall and partly projecting from the surface of the wall | 0.90 | text |
| the famous lion-gate of Mycenae where two lions stand each side of a column | instance of | The importance of columns and their reference to palaces and therefore authority is evidenced in their use in heraldic motifs | 0.80 | text |
| Persepolis | instance of | particularly at sites | 0.80 | text |
| the Palace of Quetzalpapálotl | instance of | elaborate palace compounds | 0.80 | text |
| located southwest of the Pyramid of the Moon | instance of | elaborate palace compounds | 0.80 | text |
| featured facades | instance of | elaborate palace compounds | 0.80 | text |
| columns decorated with low-relief carvings | instance of | elaborate palace compounds | 0.80 | text |
| initial crookedness | instance of | or imperfections | 0.80 | text |
| decreases column strength | instance of | or imperfections | 0.80 | text |
| Column | related to Antiquity | All | 0.60 | section |
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