tabularadj.

/ˈtabjʊlə/

Etymology: < Latin tabulāris of or relating to a board or plate, < tabula ; now used in reference to many senses of table n.

a. Having the form of a ‘table’, tablet, or slab; flat and (usually) comparatively thin; consisting of, or tending to split into, pieces of this form, as a rock; of a short prismatic form with flat base and top, as a crystal; flat-topped, as a hill. tabular spar, a name for wollastonite n., as occurring in masses of tabular structure, or rarely in tabular crystals.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > shape > condition of being broad in relation to thickness > [adjective] > having form of tablet or slab

tableda1382

tabular1656

tabulate1826

tabuliform1848

slab-like1899

the world > space > shape > flatness or levelness > [adjective] > having flat top

platformed1632

tabulated1681

flat-headed1752

nail-headed1801

table-topped1821

tabular1826

flat-head1874

1656 T. Blount Glossographia Tabular, wherof boards, plancks, or tables may be made, long and large.

1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. 296/1 The Persian Pye..of a dusky color: the Feet bluish, with black tabular scales.

a1728 J. Woodward Attempt Nat. Hist. Fossils Eng. (1729) 34 Nodules..that are tabular and plated.

1794 R. Kirwan Elements Mineral. (ed. 2) I. 36 The tabular [form] which consists of plates that grow thinner and sharp at the extremities.

1802 J. Playfair Illustr. Huttonian Theory 295 A bed or tabular mass of whinstone..interposed between strata.

1821 R. Jameson Man. Mineral. 229 Associated with quartz, tabular-spar, and iron-ore.

1826 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. IV. xlvi. 332 When it is elevated on a footstalk above the dorsolum, and forms a tabular or flat surface.

1830 J. Lindley Introd. Nat. Syst. Bot. 210 The apex..is connected by a common tabular dilated stigma.

1850 R. Gordon-Cumming Five Years Hunter's Life S. Afr. II. xxx. 281 Mr. Livingstone pointed out to me a range of tabular hills.

1875 T. H. Huxley in Encycl. Brit. I. 130/2 Horizontal plates..which..constitute tabular dissepiments.

b. Painted on a ‘table’ or panel. rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > painting > painting according to medium or technique > [adjective] > executed in oils > on board

tabular1859

1859 T. J. Gullick & J. Timbs Painting 305 The uses to which the tabular or wooden pictures were applied.

c. Geology. tabular (ice)berg, a flat-topped iceberg which has broken away from an ice shelf.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > water > ice > body of ice > iceberg > [noun] > flat-topped iceberg detached from shelf

tabular (ice)berg1840

1840 C. Wilkes Jrnl. 20 Jan. in Narr. U.S. Exploring Exped. (1844) II. ix. 315 These tabular bergs are like masses of beautiful alabaster.

1848 C. Tomlinson Summer in Antarctic Regions iv. 114 Westward of this point the Vincennes met a remarkable collection of tabular icebergs.

1905 R. F. Scott Voy. ‘Discovery’ I. iv. 118 Cook preserves the name of Ice Island in describing the long tabular berg so typical of the Southern Regions.

1958 J. H. Zumberge Elem. Geol. x. 180 Masses of ice that break off from the edge of the various ice shelves form the huge tabular icebergs unique to the Antarctic region.

1979 C. Kilian Icequake viii. 133 Drifting snow and falling ice masked much of the cliff face, but it did not look like the side of a tabular berg.

a. Entered in, or calculated by means of, a table or tables, as a number or quantity.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > representation > a plastic or graphic representation > graphic representation > drawing plans or diagrams > [adjective] > diagram > of nature of a list or table

tabulary1636

tabular1710

1710 London Gaz. No. 4737/3 In this Book you have above forty thousand Tabular Numbers.

1806 C. Hutton Course Math. (ed. 5) I. 40 Hence, by the rule..·1 the tabular height. This being found in the first column of the table, the corresponding tabular area is ·04088.

1837 W. Whewell Hist. Inductive Sci. II. 287 Uranus still deviates from his tabular place.

b. Of the nature of, or pertaining to, a table, scheme, or synopsis; arranged in the form of a table; set down in a systematic form, as in rows and columns.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > representation > a plastic or graphic representation > graphic representation > drawing plans or diagrams > [adjective] > diagram > arranged in tabular form

tabulated1802

tabular1817

1817 J. Bentham Chrestomathia Pt. II 242 By means of a set of systematic and tabular diagrams.

1830 J. F. W. Herschel Prelim. Disc. Study Nat. Philos. ii. vi. 182 A list of them in tabular order.

1832 C. Babbage Econ. Machinery & Manuf. xviii. 145 A tabular view of the time occupied by each process.

1876 C. M. Davies Unorthodox London (rev. ed.) 67 Carefully elaborated tabular statements.

c. Printing.

(a) Applied to matter set up in the form of tables (see table work n. at table n. Compounds 3).

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > printing > printed matter > arrangement or appearance of printed matter > [adjective] > tables

tabular1770

1770 P. Luckombe Conc. Hist. Printing 283 The curious method of Tabular Writing..is practised in England to greater perfection than in any other Nation.

1879 London Scale of Prices for Compositors' Work Tabular and Table Work is matter set up in three or more columns and reading across the page.

1899 Daily News 11 Sept. 9/5 Compositor.—All-round jobbing, book, and tabular hand.

†(b) (Printing) from wooden blocks or tablets, on which the matter is cut. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > printing > specific methods or processes > [adjective] > printing from blocks

tabular1816

xylotypographic1872

block-printed1883

1816 S. W. Singer Researches Hist. Playing Cards ii. 75 As far as regards tabular printing, there is no reason to doubt that the Europeans derived their knowledge of printing from the Chinese.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	tabular
释义	tabularadj. /ˈtabjʊlə/ Etymology: < Latin tabulāris of or relating to a board or plate, < tabula ; now used in reference to many senses of table n. 1. a. Having the form of a ‘table’, tablet, or slab; flat and (usually) comparatively thin; consisting of, or tending to split into, pieces of this form, as a rock; of a short prismatic form with flat base and top, as a crystal; flat-topped, as a hill. tabular spar, a name for wollastonite n., as occurring in masses of tabular structure, or rarely in tabular crystals. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > condition of being broad in relation to thickness > [adjective] > having form of tablet or slab tableda1382 tabular1656 tabulate1826 tabuliform1848 slab-like1899 the world > space > shape > flatness or levelness > [adjective] > having flat top platformed1632 tabulated1681 flat-headed1752 nail-headed1801 table-topped1821 tabular1826 flat-head1874 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Tabular, wherof boards, plancks, or tables may be made, long and large. 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. 296/1 The Persian Pye..of a dusky color: the Feet bluish, with black tabular scales. a1728 J. Woodward Attempt Nat. Hist. Fossils Eng. (1729) 34 Nodules..that are tabular and plated. 1794 R. Kirwan Elements Mineral. (ed. 2) I. 36 The tabular [form] which consists of plates that grow thinner and sharp at the extremities. 1802 J. Playfair Illustr. Huttonian Theory 295 A bed or tabular mass of whinstone..interposed between strata. 1821 R. Jameson Man. Mineral. 229 Associated with quartz, tabular-spar, and iron-ore. 1826 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. IV. xlvi. 332 When it is elevated on a footstalk above the dorsolum, and forms a tabular or flat surface. 1830 J. Lindley Introd. Nat. Syst. Bot. 210 The apex..is connected by a common tabular dilated stigma. 1850 R. Gordon-Cumming Five Years Hunter's Life S. Afr. II. xxx. 281 Mr. Livingstone pointed out to me a range of tabular hills. 1875 T. H. Huxley in Encycl. Brit. I. 130/2 Horizontal plates..which..constitute tabular dissepiments. b. Painted on a ‘table’ or panel. rare. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > painting > painting according to medium or technique > [adjective] > executed in oils > on board tabular1859 1859 T. J. Gullick & J. Timbs Painting 305 The uses to which the tabular or wooden pictures were applied. c. Geology. tabular (ice)berg, a flat-topped iceberg which has broken away from an ice shelf. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > ice > body of ice > iceberg > [noun] > flat-topped iceberg detached from shelf tabular (ice)berg1840 1840 C. Wilkes Jrnl. 20 Jan. in Narr. U.S. Exploring Exped. (1844) II. ix. 315 These tabular bergs are like masses of beautiful alabaster. 1848 C. Tomlinson Summer in Antarctic Regions iv. 114 Westward of this point the Vincennes met a remarkable collection of tabular icebergs. 1905 R. F. Scott Voy. ‘Discovery’ I. iv. 118 Cook preserves the name of Ice Island in describing the long tabular berg so typical of the Southern Regions. 1958 J. H. Zumberge Elem. Geol. x. 180 Masses of ice that break off from the edge of the various ice shelves form the huge tabular icebergs unique to the Antarctic region. 1979 C. Kilian Icequake viii. 133 Drifting snow and falling ice masked much of the cliff face, but it did not look like the side of a tabular berg. 2. a. Entered in, or calculated by means of, a table or tables, as a number or quantity. ΘΚΠ society > communication > representation > a plastic or graphic representation > graphic representation > drawing plans or diagrams > [adjective] > diagram > of nature of a list or table tabulary1636 tabular1710 1710 London Gaz. No. 4737/3 In this Book you have above forty thousand Tabular Numbers. 1806 C. Hutton Course Math. (ed. 5) I. 40 Hence, by the rule..·1 the tabular height. This being found in the first column of the table, the corresponding tabular area is ·04088. 1837 W. Whewell Hist. Inductive Sci. II. 287 Uranus still deviates from his tabular place. b. Of the nature of, or pertaining to, a table, scheme, or synopsis; arranged in the form of a table; set down in a systematic form, as in rows and columns. ΘΚΠ society > communication > representation > a plastic or graphic representation > graphic representation > drawing plans or diagrams > [adjective] > diagram > arranged in tabular form tabulated1802 tabular1817 1817 J. Bentham Chrestomathia Pt. II 242 By means of a set of systematic and tabular diagrams. 1830 J. F. W. Herschel Prelim. Disc. Study Nat. Philos. ii. vi. 182 A list of them in tabular order. 1832 C. Babbage Econ. Machinery & Manuf. xviii. 145 A tabular view of the time occupied by each process. 1876 C. M. Davies Unorthodox London (rev. ed.) 67 Carefully elaborated tabular statements. c. Printing. (a) Applied to matter set up in the form of tables (see table work n. at table n. Compounds 3). ΘΚΠ society > communication > printing > printed matter > arrangement or appearance of printed matter > [adjective] > tables tabular1770 1770 P. Luckombe Conc. Hist. Printing 283 The curious method of Tabular Writing..is practised in England to greater perfection than in any other Nation. 1879 London Scale of Prices for Compositors' Work Tabular and Table Work is matter set up in three or more columns and reading across the page. 1899 Daily News 11 Sept. 9/5 Compositor.—All-round jobbing, book, and tabular hand. †(b) (Printing) from wooden blocks or tablets, on which the matter is cut. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ society > communication > printing > specific methods or processes > [adjective] > printing from blocks tabular1816 xylotypographic1872 block-printed1883 1816 S. W. Singer Researches Hist. Playing Cards ii. 75 As far as regards tabular printing, there is no reason to doubt that the Europeans derived their knowledge of printing from the Chinese. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.1656
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