Question

Maria is reading an online text that describes an engineering process. She comes across the term column. She believes she knows the term’s meaning but wants to verify it. Where should she look to verify its meaning?
at the word’s part of speech in the text
at the word’s proper pronunciation in a general dictionary
at the word’s definition in a general dictionary
at the word’s textual meaning in a technical glossary

Answer 1

Answer:

at the word’s textual meaning in a technical glossary

Explanation:

Answer 2

Answer:

Explanation:

As the word "column" can have various meanings, depending on the field where the word will be used, one should always check if the meaning he thinks he knows is the correct one.

In typography, a word column has a completely different meaning than in the engineering: a vertical division of a page or text.