Meanings
nountabulator (plural tabulators)
plural tabulators
- A person who counts or tabulates things.
- The mechanism on a typewriter that sets the position of columns and borders.
- historicalcomputingAn early data processing machine that produces printed lists and totals from data on punched cards.
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna calculator that keeps a record of the number of times something happens
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calculatorcalculating machine
nounan electromechanical machine designed to assist in summarizing information and, later, accounting.
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
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Translations
Catalan tabulador
- tabuladormechanism on a typewriter
Czech tabulátor
- tabulátormechanism on a typewriter
Finnish laskija, sarkain
- laskijaperson who tabulates
- sarkainmechanism on a typewriter
- tabulaattorimechanism on a typewriter
- tabulaattoricomputing: early data processing machine
French tabulatrice
- tabulatricecomputing: early data processing machine
Greek στηλοθέτης
- στηλοθέτης (stilothétis)mechanism on a typewriter
Russian табуля́тор, табуля́тор
- табуля́тор (tabuljátor)mechanism on a typewriter
- табуля́тор (tabuljátor)computing: early data processing machine
Spanish tabulador
- tabuladorperson who tabulates
Cite this entry
APA
tabulator. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tabulator
MLA
“tabulator.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tabulator. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tabulator,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tabulator.
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