The Collaborative International Dictionary
Tabular difference
Tabular \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:
Having a flat surface; as, a tabular rock.
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Formed into a succession of flakes; laminated.
Nodules . . . that are tabular and plated.
--Woodward. Set in squares. [R.]
Arranged in a schedule; as, tabular statistics.
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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.