tabular
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views updated May 18 2018tab·u·lar / ˈtabyələr/ •
adj. 1. (of data) consisting of or presented in columns or tables: a tabular presentation of running costs.2. broad and flat like the top of a table: a huge tabular iceberg. ∎ (of a crystal) relatively broad and thin, with two well-developed parallel faces.DERIVATIVES: tab·u·lar·ly adv.
The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English
tabular
oxford
views updated May 23 2018tabular of the form of a tablet or slab XVII; pert to a schematic table XVIII. — L.
tabulāris, f.
tabula TABLE; see
-AR.
So
tabulate XVII. f. pp. stem of late L.
tabulāre; see
-ATE3.
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology T. F. HOAD
tabular
oxford
views updated May 08 2018tabular Applied to the form of a mineral when it occurs in broad, flat, often rectangular surfaces resembling the top of a table. The form may be due to the presence of a prominent
cleavage direction, as in
barite.
A Dictionary of Earth Sciences AILSA ALLABY and MICHAEL ALLABY
