1. Each penstock feeds a column of water to its own turbine. 2. A column of water and debris damaged the low flying aircraft. 3. Kurzman writes, as three giant columns of water seemed to envelop the whole ship. 4. From the cliff above, a column of water pours down and strikes the sand. 5. The wooden air stone is placed at the bottom of a tall column of water . 6. The pressure acts against the column of water in the exhaust pipe and expels it from the system. 7. A few seconds after, three successive explosions from the depth charges sent up huge columns of water . 8. The blast heaved a massive column of water more than a mile ( 1.6 kilometers ) upward. 9. It is defined as the pressure exerted by a column of water of 1 inch in height at defined conditions. 10. {{ cquote | . . . a column of water [ can ] be conveniently employed to transmit information.