tabular

adjective

tab·​u·​lar ˈta-byə-lər How to pronounce tabular (audio)
1
a
: of, relating to, or arranged in a table
specifically : set up in rows and columns
b
: computed by means of a table
2
: having a flat surface : laminar
a tabular crystal

Examples of tabular in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Natural language processing tasks like text classification and question answering are also represented, along with audio, tabular, and reinforcement learning (RL) models. Benj Edwards, Ars Technica, 26 Sep. 2024 In this case, Anthropic said Claude could now extract information from documents and use it to create tabular data in spreadsheets and other kinds of databases, or to automatically fill in forms. Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 30 May 2024 Again, as always, Wiseman avoids tabular organization, moving instead through many scenes thematically arranged to comment on one another. David Denby, The New Yorker, 1 Dec. 2023 MongoDB’s legacy rivals — Microsoft MSFT +0.1% SQL Server, Oracle’s ORCL -0.3% Database, and IBM’s DB2 —use Structured Query Language to build tabular databases. Peter Cohan, Forbes, 17 July 2023 See all Example Sentences for tabular 

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Word History

Etymology

Latin tabularis of boards, from tabula board, tablet

First Known Use

circa 1656, in the meaning defined at sense 2

Time Traveler
The first known use of tabular was circa 1656

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Cite this Entry

“Tabular.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tabular. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.

Kids Definition

tabular

adjective
tab·​u·​lar ˈtab-yə-lər How to pronounce tabular (audio)
1
: having a flat surface
2
a
: arranged or entered in a table
b
: computed by means of a table

Medical Definition

tabular

adjective
tab·​u·​lar ˈtab-yə-lər How to pronounce tabular (audio)
: having the form of a thin plate or scale
a tabular crystal

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