tabular
Americanadjective
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arranged in systematic or table form
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calculated from or by means of a table
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like a table in form; flat
Other Word Forms
- nontabular adjective
- nontabularly adverb
- tabularly adverb
Etymology
Origin of tabular
First recorded in 1650–60, tabular is from the Latin word tabulāris pertaining to a board or tablet. See table, -ar 1
Example Sentences
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"These have not been seen before and it shows definitively that the UK had ice shelves, because that's the only way to produce these gigantic tabular icebergs."
From BBC
The circular shape at its heart in this case comes from a ring of benzene, and it is termed planar because it comes in thin, tabular lamination shapes.
From Science Daily
But the tabular berg didn't move far from the coast before its deep keel anchored it rigidly to the Weddell's bottom-muds.
From BBC
After scouting around, the men landed the boats on a remnant of a tabular iceberg—a large, flat, blue ice cube that rose about twenty feet from the surface of the water.
From Literature
Gigerenzer’s work has shown that presenting information in simply written tabular form—what he and his associates call “fact boxes”—can help people more easily weigh risks against benefits for vaccines and other health interventions.
From Scientific American
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