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. [R.]
(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.