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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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