tabular

[ tab-yuh-ler ]

adjective

1. of, relating to, or arranged in a table or systematic arrangement by columns, rows, etc., as statistics.
2. ascertained from or computed by the use of tables.
3. having the form of a table, tablet, or tablature.
4. flat and expansive, as tableland or a plateau.

tabular

/ ˈtæbjʊlə /

adjective

1. arranged in systematic or table form
2. calculated from or by means of a table
3. like a table in form; flat

Derived Forms

• ˈtabularly, adverb

Other Words From

• tabu·lar·ly adverb
• non·tabu·lar adjective
• non·tabu·lar·ly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of tabular¹

First recorded in 1650–60, tabular is from the Latin word tabulāris pertaining to a board or tablet. See table, -ar ¹

Word History and Origins

Origin of tabular¹

C17: from Latin tabulāris concerning boards, from tabula a board

Example Sentences

Images of the animals sought for are sometimes carved in wood, or drawn by the metas on tabular pieces of wood.

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An official tabular statement, drawn up on the spot, sets the number of houses burned at seventeen.

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The rock consists of a mass of native copper in a tabular boulder of serpentine.

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The sequence may be shewn most concisely if the deposits are compared in a tabular form as follows (Table I).

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The tabular view on the opposite page , now to be examined, exhibits the subject to the eye.

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Related Words

• empty
• horizontal
• low
• unbroken