tabular Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective of or pertaining to or arranged in table form
  2. adjective satellite flat; like a table in form

WordNet

Tab"u*lar adjective
Etymology
L. tabularis, fr. tabula a board, table. See Table.
Definitions
  1. 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.

Webster 1913