English Explanatory Dictionary

tabular

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Having a flat (planar) horizontal surface at top.
  2. Organized as a table or list.
  3. Calculated by means of a table.
  4. Tending to split into thin flat pieces, as slate does.
noun
  1. tabular bone

Pronunciation

/ˈtæbjʊləʴ/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-tabular.wav

Word forms

tabular more tabular most tabular tabulars

Etymology

From Late Latin tabulāris. By surface analysis, tabula + -ar, or, by surface analysis, table + -ar. Compare fabular.

Synonyms

tablelike tabulated tabularized

Related words

tabletop tabula tabulate tabulation tabulator laminar shalelike slatelike periodic table

Derived words

circumtabular hypertabular hypotabular intertabular intratabular nontabular penitabular pseudotabular subtabular supertabular tabularisation tabularise tabularization tabularize tabularly tabular spar
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