Tutorial

4 definitions found

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

  Tutorial \Tu*to"ri*al\ (t[-u]*t[=o]"r[i^]*al), a. [L. tutorius.]
     Of or pertaining to a tutor; belonging to, or exercised by, a
     tutor.
     [1913 Webster]

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



  tutorial \tu*to"ri*al\ (t[-u]*t[=o]r"[-e]*al), n.
     1. A class[6] or short series of classes in which one or more
        instructors provide intensive instruction on some subject
        to a small group. Such short courses of instruction may be
        held at an institution of learning, or in any other place
        where a small group may desire a brief but thorough
        introduction to a topic.
        [PJC]
  
     2. Hence: (Computers) A set of instructions on how to use a
        particular computer program, built into the software
        package itself, displayed on the computer screen, and
        organized in a stepwise manner so as to familiarize a new
        user with all of or the most important features of the
        program.
        [PJC]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  tutorial
       adj : of or relating to tutors or tutoring; "tutorial sessions"
       n : a session of intensive tuition given by a tutor to an
           individual or to a small number of students

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

  18 Moby Thesaurus words for "tutorial":
     academic, donnish, pedagogic, pedantic, preceptorial, professorial,
     professorlike, schoolmastering, schoolmasterish, schoolmasterlike,
     schoolmasterly, schoolmistressy, schoolteacherish, schoolteachery,
     teacherish, teacherlike, teachery, teachy