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arium, a mineral occurring in transparent, colorless, white to yellow crystals (generally tabular), also in granular form, and in compact massive forms resembling marble. It has a high specific gravity, and hence is often called heavy spar. It is a common mineral in metallic veins.

A tabular statement of the dates of feasts, offices, saints' days, etc., esp. of those which are liable to change yearly according to the varying date of Easter.

or the like, on which information is exhibited, esp. when the information is arranged in tabular form; as, an historical chart.

The constabulary. [Obs.]

A mass of tabular cells formed in any kind of bark, in greater or less abundance.

A cuplike cavity or organ. Same as Acetabulum.

A sucker or acetabulum.

Any tabular statement of the assigned places of a heavenly body, as a planet or comet, on several successive days.

ethod of scientific analysis or investigation, in which the relations or laws involved in tabular numbers are represented to the eye by means of curves or other figures; as the daily changes of weather by means of curves, the abscissas of which represent the hours of the day, and the ordinates the corresponding degrees…

ets of the high-church school. See Broad Church. -- High constable (Law), a chief of constabulary. See Constable, n., 2. -- High commission court,a court of ecclesiastical jurisdiction in England erected and united to the regal power by Queen Elizabeth in

s, theologians, etc., under the sanction of the pope. Hook. -- Index rerum Etym: [L.], a tabulated and alphabetized notebook, for systematic preservation of items, quotations, etc.

Hydrous carbonate of lanthanum, found in tabular while crystals.

A record and tabulated statement of the work done by an engine, as of a steamship, of the coal consumed, and of other items relating to the performance of machinery during a given time.

ection, corresponding to each minute of latitude from the equator up to 70 or 80 degrees; tabulated numbers representing these parts used in projecting charts, and in solving cases in Mercator's sailing.

Tabular parenchyma, a form of cellular tissue in which the cells are broad and flat, as in some kinds of epidermis.

The acetabulum. See Acetabulum, 2.

ns; a return of the amount of goods produced or sold; especially, in the plural, a set of tabulated statistics prepared for general information.

early the same properties recur periodically throughout the entire series." The following tabular arrangement of the atomic weights shows the regular recurrence of groups (under I., II., III., IV., etc.), each consisting of members of the same natural family. The gaps in the table indicate the probable existence of unk…

ight as the type, and used for printing lines, as between columns on the same page, or in tabular work.

e, thin, short metal rule of the same height as the type, used in printing short lines in tabular matter.