Definition

Noun: Information that is organized and presented in a table format, consisting of rows and columns. This term refers specifically to data arranged systematically for clear comparison or reference.

Usage

Tabular matter is a formal term used to describe any data presented in a table. It emphasizes the structured form of the information rather than its content.

Examples

• Noun:
  • The appendix contains twenty pages of tabular matter showing annual climate data.
  • When writing a report, complex statistics are often best presented as tabular matter.
  • The researcher extracted the key findings from the tabular matter in the study.

Advanced Usage

• "to present as tabular matter": To format and display information in a table.
  • The survey results were presented as tabular matter for the board's review.

Variants and Related Words

• Table (n): A specific set of data arranged in rows and columns.
  • Refer to Table 3 for the complete results.
• Tabulation (n): The process of arranging data in a table.
  • The tabulation of the votes took several hours.
• Tabular (adj): Having the form of a table.
  • Please provide the data in a tabular format.

Synonyms

• Tabulated data: Data that has been organized into a table.
• Table: A simpler, more common term for an arrangement of data in rows and columns.

Notes

Tabular matter is a somewhat specialized term most commonly found in academic, technical, or formal publishing contexts. In everyday language, "table" or "data table" is more frequently used.

Noun

1. information set out in tabular form