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tabular
CIDE DICTIONARY
tabular, 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). [1913 Webster]
"Nodules . . . that are tabular and plated." [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
tabular, adj.
1 of or arranged in tables or lists.
2 broad and flat like a table.
3 (of a crystal) having two broad flat faces.
4 formed in thin plates.
1 of or arranged in tables or lists.
2 broad and flat like a table.
3 (of a crystal) having two broad flat faces.
4 formed in thin plates.
Derivative
tabularly adv.
Etymology
L tabularis (as TABLE)
THESAURUS
tabular
assorted, cataloged, classified, even, filed, flat, flattened, flush, graded, grouped, hierarchic, homaloidal, horizontal, indexed, level, on file, pigeonholed, placed, plain, plane, pyramidal, ranked, rated, rolled, smooth, smoothed out, smoothened, sorted, squashed, squashed flat, stratified, tabloid, trodden, trodden flatROGET THESAURUS
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Layer
N layer, stratum, strata, course, bed, zone, substratum, substrata, floor, flag, stage, story, tier, slab, escarpment, table, tablet, dess, flagstone, board, plank, trencher, platter, plate, lamina, lamella, sheet, foil, wafer, scale, flake, peel, coat, pellicle, membrane, film, leaf, slice, shive, cut, rasher, shaving, integument, eschar, stratification, scaliness, nest of boxes, coats of an onion, monolayer, bilayer, trilayer, lamellar, lamellated, lamelliform, layered, laminated, laminiferous, micaceous, schistose, schistous, scaly, filmy, membranous, pellicular, flaky, squamous, foliated, foliaceous, stratified, stratiform, tabular, discoid, spathic, spathose, trilamellar, graphitic.For further exploring for "tabular" in Webster Dictionary Online