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Webster 1913 Edition


Tabular

Tab′u-lar

,
Adj.
[L.
tabularis
, fr.
tabula
a board, table. See
Table
.]
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 ascension
.
Tabular 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.
[L. tabularis, from tabula, table.]
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)

  1. having a flat, plane surface
  2. organized as a table or list
  3. calculated by means of a table
  4. (geology) tending to split into thin flat pieces, such as slate

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Interlingua

Verb

tabular

  1. to tabulate

Portuguese

Etymology

From Late Latin tabularis.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ta.bu.ˈlar/

Adjective

tabular m, f (plural tabulares, comparable)

  1. tabular

Verb

tabular (first-person singular present indicative tabulo, past participle tabulado)

  1. to tabulate

Conjugation


Spanish

Adjective

tabular m, f (plural tabulares)

  1. tabular

Verb

tabular (first-person singular present tabulo, first-person singular preterite tabulé, past participle tabulado)

  1. to tabulate

Conjugation