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colon Definition:
- Colon usually refers to:
| Colon (n.) That part of the large intestines which extends from the caecum to the rectum. [See Illust of Digestion.] |
| Colon (n.) A point or character, formed thus [:], used to separate parts of a sentence that are complete in themselves and nearly independent, often taking the place of a conjunction. |
| colon the part of the large intestine between the cecum and the rectum, it extracts moisture from food residues before they are excreted |
| transverse colon the part of the large intestine that extends across the abdominal cavity and joins the ascending to the descending colon |
| ascending colon the part of the large intestine that ascends from the cecum to the transverse colon |
| descending colon the part of the large intestine that descends from the transverse colon to the sigmoid colon |
| sigmoid colon / sigmoid flexure the s-shaped curve between the descending colon and the rectum |
| colon a punctuation mark (:) used after a word introducing a series or an example or an explanation (or after the salutation of a business letter) |
| Colon / Aspinwall a port city at the Caribbean entrance to the Panama Canal |
| Columbus / Christopher Columbus / Cristoforo Colombo / Cristobal Colon Italian navigator who discovered the New World in the service of Spain while looking for a route to China (-) |
| colon / Costa Rican colon the basic unit of money in Costa Rica, equal to centimos |
| colon El Salvadoran colon the basic unit of money in El Salvador, equal to centavos |
colon Synonyme:
| colon Alexandrine Deutschmark Mark Reichsmark abdomen accent accentuation afghani amphibrach amphimacer anacrusis anapest anna antispast anus appendix arsis bacchius baht beat blind gut boundary bowels brain cadence caesura catalexis cecum cent centavo centime chloriamb chloriambus comma conto counterpoint cretic dactyl dactylic hexameter diaeresis dimeter dipody dochmiac dollar dong duodenum elegiac elegiac couplet elegiac pentameter emphasis endocardium entrails epitrite feminine caesura florin foot foregut franc giblets gizzard guilder gulden guts heart heptameter heptapody heroic couplet hexameter hexapody hindgut iamb iambic iambic pentameter ictus innards inner mechanism insides internals intestine inwards ionic jejunum jingle juncture kidney kip kishkes kopeck krona krone large intestine lilt lira liver liver and lights lung masculine caesura measure meter metrical accent metrical foot metrical group metrical unit metron midgut milreis molossus mora movement numbers paeon pause pentameter pentapody perineum period peseta pie piece of eight pistareen point pound proceleusmatic pump pylorus pyrrhic quantity rand rectum rhythm rial ruble rupee semicolon shekel shilling small intestine sol sou spleen spondee sprung rhythm stiver stomach stop stress swing syzygy tetrameter tetrapody tetraseme thesis ticker tribrach trimeter tripes tripody triseme trochee vermiform appendix viscera vitals won works yen |
| colonel ADC CO OD aide aide-de-camp brigadier brigadier general captain chicken colonel chief of staff commandant commander commander in chief commanding officer commissioned officer company officer exec executive officer field marshal field officer first lieutenant five-star general four-star general general general officer generalissimo jemadar junior officer lieutenant lieutenant colonel lieutenant general major major general marechal marshal officer one-star general orderly officer risaldar senior officer shavetail sirdar staff officer subahdar subaltern sublieutenant the Old Man the brass three-star general top brass two-star general |
| colonialism Eisenhower Doctrine Monroe Doctrine Nixon Doctrine Truman Doctrine absolute monarchy appeasement aristocracy autarchy autocracy autonomy balance of power brinkmanship coalition government coexistence commonwealth compromise constitutional government constitutional monarchy containment democracy detente deterrence dictatorship diplomacy diplomatic diplomatics dollar diplomacy dollar imperialism dominion rule duarchy duumvirate dyarchy expansionism federal government federation feudal system foreign affairs foreign policy garrison state gerontocracy good-neighbor policy heteronomy hierarchy hierocracy home rule imperialism internationalism isolationism limited monarchy manifest destiny martial law meritocracy militarism military government mob rule mobocracy monarchy nationalism neocolonialism neutralism nonresistance ochlocracy oligarchy open door open-door policy pantisocracy patriarchate patriarchy peace offensive peaceful coexistence police state preparedness pure democracy regency representative democracy representative government republic self-determination self-government shirt-sleeve diplomacy shuttle diplomacy social democracy spheres of influence stratocracy technocracy the big stick thearchy theocracy totalitarian government totalitarian regime tough policy triarchy triumvirate tyranny welfare state world politics |