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

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.

at the word’s textual meaning in a technical glossary

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civil rights vs. civil liberties. civil liberties are basic freedoms while civil rights are the basic right to be free from discrimination based on such characteristics as race, disability, color, gender, national origin, and others. discriminating against an employee on the basis of gender is a civil rights violation.

first of all, it's important to say that the book we shall not be moved, written by joan dash, is about the first strike of women in the united states in the year 1909. the best historical detail to clarify the reader's undertanding is the phrase "general strike". this strike involved women working at a garment factory who decided to protest   long working hours, low wages and brutal conditions. this strike became known as "the new york shirtwaist strike" or "the uprising of the 20,000". the strike mostly involved jewish women who did not speak english or who had a basic knowledge of the english language. finally, the strike went on from november 1909 until february 1910.