noun
: a column so slender that it will fail under longitudinal load by bending rather than by crushing and typically having a length of 20 to 30 times the diameter
noun
: a column so slender that it will fail under longitudinal load by bending rather than by crushing and typically having a length of 20 to 30 times the diameter
Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012