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.
(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.