Definition for TAB'U-LAR

TAB'U-LAR, a. [L. tabularis, from tabula, table.]

  1. In the form of a table; having a flat or square surface.
  2. Having the form of lumina or plates.
  3. Set down in tables; as, a tabular list of substances.
  4. Set in squares. Johnson. Tabular crystal, one in which the prism is very short. Phillips. Tabular spar, in mineralogy, a species of limestone, generally of a grayish white color. It occurs either massive or crystalized, in rectangular four-sided tables. HaĆ¼y. Tabular spar is the schaalstein of Werner, and the prismatic augite of Jameson.

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