tabular
tabular
Definition
tabu·lar (tab′yə lər)
adjective
- having a tablelike surface; flat tabular rock
- of or arranged in a table or tabulated scheme
- computed from or calculated by such a table or tables
Etymology: L tabularis < tabula, a board, tablet: see table
tab′u·larly adverb
tabular
Usage Examples
Modifies a noun
- iceberg: Today you may spot the first tabular iceberg, which would have broken off the Larsen Ice Shelf in the Weddell Sea.
- berg: We saw towering tabular bergs around the ship being battered by the waves.
- shale: Fabrics: ' A ' of small to medium tabular shale, gray in color, reasonably well coursed.
- format: A tabular format may prove the most efficient method.
- crystal: A form of crystallized gypsum, in the form of colorless to white tabular crystals and needle-like crystals.
- summary: See risk category for common breaches set out in the tabular summary above.
Modifying Another Word
- truly: Tables should be used to mark up truly tabular information ( " data tables " ).
- essentially: For this guide, the term database refers to essentially tabular data containing text and numbers.
