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tabular.

Adjective
Technical
MEANING

1. Arranged in rows and columns as a table.

2. Having a flat tablelike form.

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  • tabular data
  • tabular presentation

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The tabular presentation allowed comparison across the same variables.
Tabular data still required explanation of missing entries.

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Usage notes

Primary category: academic / formal. Forms: Normally relational or categorical; comparison only where the particular property admits gradation. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: formal properties, scope and scale, organizational relations, analytic representation. Disciplines: academic writing, formal methods, cross-disciplinary analysis. Commonness: moderately common.

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