1. tabular(a = adj.pert) - of or pertaining to or arranged in table form;
Derived form noun table1
2. tabular(s = adj.all) - flat; like a table in form;
Derived form noun table4
Having the form of, or pertaining to, a table (in any of the uses of the word). [1913 Webster]
"Nodules . . . that are tabular and plated." [1913 Webster]
tabular, adj.
1 of or arranged in tables or lists.
2 broad and flat like a table.
3 (of a crystal) having two broad flat faces.
4 formed in thin plates.
Derivative:
tabularly adv.
Etymology:
L tabularis (as TABLE)
N layer, stratum, strata, course, bed, zone, substratum, substrata, floor, flag, stage, story, tier, slab, escarpment, table, tablet, dess, flagstone, board, plank, trencher, platter, plate, lamina, lamella, sheet, foil, wafer, scale, flake, peel, coat, pellicle, membrane, film, leaf, slice, shive, cut, rasher, shaving, integument, eschar, stratification, scaliness, nest of boxes, coats of an onion, monolayer, bilayer, trilayer, lamellar, lamellated, lamelliform, layered, laminated, laminiferous, micaceous, schistose, schistous, scaly, filmy, membranous, pellicular, flaky, squamous, foliated, foliaceous, stratified, stratiform, tabular, discoid, spathic, spathose, trilamellar, graphitic.