Tabular TAB'ULAR, a. [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.
tabular adjectiveEtymology: Latin tabularis of boards, from tabula board,
tablet Date: circa 1656 1. having a flat surface ;laminar <a tabular crystal> 2.a. of, relating to, or arranged in a table; specifically
set up in rows and columns b. computed by means of a table
tabular adj. 1 of or arranged in tables or lists. 2 broad and flat like a table. 3 (of a crystal) having two broad flat faces. 4 formed in thin
plates. Derivatives: tabularly adv. Etymology: L tabularis (as TABLE)
tabular
ˈtæbjulə adj. 1 of or arranged in tables or lists. 2 broad and
flat like a table. 3 (of a crystal) having two broad flat faces. 4 formed
in thin plates. øøtabularly adv. [L tabularis (as TABLE)]
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:
(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.
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