Tab"u*lar (?), a. [L. tabularis, fr. tabula a board, table. See Table.]
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.
Tabular difference Math., the difference between two consecutive numbers in a table, sometimes printed in its proper place in the table. -- Tabular spar Min., wollastonite.
© Webster 1913.