Tabular

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Tabular \Tab"u*lar\, a. [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: 
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     (a) Having a flat surface; as, a tabular rock.


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     (b) Formed into a succession of flakes; laminated.
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               Nodules . . . that are tabular and plated.
                                                    --Woodward.
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     (c) Set in squares. [R.]
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     (d) Arranged in a schedule; as, tabular statistics.
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     (e) Derived from, or computed by, the use of tables; as,
         tabular right ascension.
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     {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.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  tabular
       adj 1: arranged or displayed systematically in table form
       2: flat; like a table in form

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  34 Moby Thesaurus words for "tabular":
     assorted, cataloged, classified, even, filed, flat, flattened,
     flush, graded, grouped, hierarchic, homaloidal, horizontal,
     indexed, level, on file, pigeonholed, placed, plain, plane,
     pyramidal, ranked, rated, rolled, smooth, smoothed out, smoothened,
     sorted, squashed, squashed flat, stratified, tabloid, trodden,
     trodden flat