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tabular

  • /ˈtæbjʊləʴ/

Where it comes from

From Late Latin tabulāris. By surface analysis, tabula + -ar, or, by surface analysis, table + -ar. Compare fabular.

adjective more tabular · most tabular

  1. of an object or landform Having a flat (planar) horizontal surface at top. Near-synonym: tablelike

    Similar: tablelike

  2. of a document or information Organized as a table or list. In technical communication, don't use prose to present information that lends itself to a tabular presentation.

    Similar: tabulated, tabularized

  3. Calculated by means of a table. tabular artillery direction
  4. Tending to split into thin flat pieces, as slate does. The local bedrock is tabular.

noun tabulars

  1. tabular bone

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adj organized as a table or list

Españoltabular
Portuguêstabular
Françaistabulaire, tabellaire
Deutschtabellarisch, tafelförmig
Ελληνικάπινακοειδήσ pinakoeidís
Русскийтабли́чный tablíčnyj
עבריתערוך בטבל 'aron vtavel

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"tabular." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/tabular. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

tabular. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/tabular

Chicago

"tabular." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/tabular.

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@misc{tabular_2026,
  title = {tabular},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/tabular},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}