Category:Tabular

Tab"u*lar, a. Etym: [l. tabularis, fr. tabula a board, table. See Table.]

Defn: 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.