Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tabulator

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.38 in modern English

Syllables
tab-u-la-tor
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
4
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A person who counts or tabulates things.

noun

The mechanism on a typewriter that sets the position of columns and borders.

noun

A tab character.

noun

An early data processing machine that produces printed lists and totals from data on punched cards.

Example Sentences

Etymology

Etymology tree English tabulate Old French -eorbor. Middle English -our Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -torlbor. English -or English tabulator From tabulate + -or.

Inflected Forms

tabulators (plural)

Synonyms

counter tabulating machine

Questions

What does tabulator mean?
A person who counts or tabulates things.
Where does tabulator come from?
Etymology tree English tabulate Old French -eorbor. Middle English -our Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -torlbor. English -or English tabulator From tabulate + -or.

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