
verb (used with object), tab·u·lat·ed, tab·u·lat·ing.
- to put or arrange in a tabular, systematic, or condensed form; formulate tabularly.
verb (used without object), tab·u·lat·ed, tab·u·lat·ing.
- to operate the tab key on a typewriter; to tab.
adjective
- shaped like a table or tablet; tabular.
- having transverse septae, as certain corals.
verb (ˈtæbjʊˌleɪt) (tr)
- Also: tabularize (ˈtæbjʊləˌraɪz) to set out, arrange, or write in tabular form
- to form or cut with a flat surface
adjective (ˈtæbjʊlɪt, -ˌleɪt)
- having a flat surface
- (of certain corals) having transverse skeletal plates
v.1734, “to put into form of a table,” from Latin tabula (see table (n.)) + -ate (2). Related: Tabulated; tabulating.