Present participle of 'columnate'; the process of forming or arranging into columns.
From 'columnate' + the present participle suffix '-ing,' indicating an ongoing or continuous action.
The '-ing' suffix is doing triple duty here: it's a gerund (you can say 'columnating is difficult'), a participle (columnating structures), and can even become a noun ('the columnating process').
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