subtabulatev.
/sʌbˈtabjᵿleɪt/, U.S. /ˌsəbˈtæbjəleɪt/ Mathematics.
1. transitive. To present (data) in a secondary table. Now rare.
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1880 Austral. Med. Jrnl. 2 278 All the cases are given in more or less detail, and are tabulated and sub-tabulated so as to evolve the facts which they indicate.
1936 H. S. Mustard Rural Health Pract. xvi. 372 For each disease, a table... This should be sub-tabulated to show attack rates by color, sex, age, and whether the individual had previously received an immunizing agent.
2. transitive. To expand (a mathematical table or set of values) by systematic interpolation. Also: to evaluate (a tabulated function) for a set of values of the argument in between the tabulated ones.
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the world > relative properties > number > graph or diagram > create a graph [verb (transitive)] > expand or consult a table
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1936 Suppl. Jrnl. Royal Statist. Soc. 3 93 Then..the original table is subtabulated over the range required to tenths, hundredths or thousandths.
1956 F. B. Hildebrand Introd. Numerical Anal. v. 146 This problem would occur..if a function were initially tabulated for increments of 0·1 in x and it were required to subtabulate the function for increments of 0·01.
1971 Jrnl. Royal Statist. Soc. B. 33 43 The smooth curve in Fig. 8 is based on the quinquennial frequencies, and..these are sub-tabulated to give the figures in column 2 of Table 3.
2009 M. Croarken in E. Robson & J. A. Stedall Oxf. Handbk. Hist. Math. iv. 378 Next the computers were required to subtabulate the merged table to give the moon's position every three hours.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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