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columnar

columnar

1 7.3
A way of storing table data by keeping the same kind of information together to make finding information faster
  • adjective
  • /ˈkɑːləmnər/
  • Specialized
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  • BI appliances may include hardware redesign and incorporate a combination of the emerging software innovations such as columnar databases, MPP, and in-memory analytics.

Examples

  • Columnar Choreography (1524)

    Academic text (1992)

  • Histopathology of the specimen revealed a branchial fistula tract lined with pseudostratified columnar epithelium.

    Academic text (2009)

  • Every once in a while, a man would come from behind a partition and give me more figures for his columnar report.

    Fiction book (2002)

  • Greenplum's columnar and row-based relational technology also allows for automatic tuning.

    Blog text (30)

  • These mixed tall and columnar cells feature small, dark nuclei and uniformly condensed chromatin near the center.

    Academic text (2009)

  • The analysis was completed quickly thanks to the columnar structure of the database, which stored similar data together.

  • Using a columnar format for data storage improves the efficiency of analytical queries in the system.

  • The software features a columnar view that makes data comparison straightforward and clear.

Compounds

columnar cell
  • Specialized
8.0

A long thin cell shaped like a column that sometimes has tiny hairs

columnar epithelial cell
  • Specialized
7.4

A tall cell, longer than it is wide, that lines organs and tubes and often has tiny hairs

How Columnar

columnar
  • Specialized
1 7.3
hybrid
43 3.9

Surface Forms

columnar positive

Morphology

columnar = column (transparent) = column + ar

In computing contexts the adjective denotes 'relating to columns' and is formed transparently from 'column' + '-ar', a regular adjectival derivation.

Etymology

Columnar in computing borrows the same idea from Latin columna meaning 'pillar' and the English column. A columnar data layout stores values from the same field together in vertical groups, like pillars of information, so reading many values for analysis is faster.