3 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
tabular
adjective
1: arranged or displayed systematically in table form
2: flat; like a table in form
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Tabular \Tab"u*lar\, adjective [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.
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
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