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Webster 1913 Edition
Tabular
Tab′u-lar
,Adj.
Having the form of, or pertaining to, a table (in any of the uses of the word).
Specifically: –(a)
Having a flat surface;
as, a
. tabular
rock(b)
Formed into a succession of flakes; laminated.
Nodules . . . that are
tabular
and plated. Woodward.
(c)
Set in squares.
[R.]
(d)
Arranged in a schedule;
as,
. tabular
statistics(e)
Derived from, or computed by, the use of tables;
as,
. tabular
right ascensionTabular difference
(Math.)
, the difference between two consecutive numbers in a table, sometimes printed in its proper place in the table.
– Tabular spar
(Min.)
, wollastonite.
Webster 1828 Edition
Tabular
TAB'ULAR
,Adj.
1.
In the form of a table; having a flat or square surface.2.
Having the form of lamina or plates.3.
Set down in tables; as a tabular list of substances.4.
Set in squares.Tabular crystal, one in which the prism is very short.
Tabular spar, in mineralogy, a species of limestone, generally of a grayish white color. It occurs either massive or crystallized, in rectangular four sides tables.
Tabular spar is the schaalstein of Werner, and the prismatic augite of Jameson.
Definition 2024
tabular
tabular
English
Adjective
tabular (comparative more tabular, superlative most tabular)
- having a flat, plane surface
- organized as a table or list
- calculated by means of a table
- (geology) tending to split into thin flat pieces, such as slate
Related terms
Translations
organized as a table or list
See also
Portuguese
Etymology
From Late Latin tabularis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ta.bu.ˈlar/
Adjective
tabular m, f (plural tabulares, comparable)
Verb
tabular (first-person singular present indicative tabulo, past participle tabulado)
- to tabulate
Conjugation
Conjugation of the Portuguese -ar verb tabular
Spanish
Adjective
tabular m, f (plural tabulares)
Verb
tabular (first-person singular present tabulo, first-person singular preterite tabulé, past participle tabulado)
- to tabulate
Conjugation
1Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.