| tabular | Having the form of, or pertaining to, a table (in any of the uses of the word). Specifically: Having a flat surface; as, a tabular rock. Formed into a succession of flakes; laminated. "Nodules . . . That are tabular and plated." (Woodward) Set in squares. Arranged in a schedule; as, tabular statistics. Derived from, or computed by, the use of tables; as, tabular right ascension. <mathematics> Tabular difference, wollastonite. Origin: L. Tabularis, fr. Tabula a board, table. See Table. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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