Meanings

enumeration

may the presiders over warriors be my vanguard (nine-character charm chanted to ward off evil)

zero matrix

train

column heading

nations

enumeration

archipelago

row

attendance

major powers of the world

series of biographies

last train (of the day)

front row

column

battery (of artillery, cameras, etc.)

rank (of troops)

costume parade

automatic train control

down-train