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Pronunciation / Transliteration: zhì biǎo jiàn
"按制表键可以将光标移动到下一个制表位。"
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
A mechanism on a typewriter or word processor that automatically spaces text into columns or tables.
"She pressed the tabulator key to align the columns of figures neatly on the page." - 2
An electrical or electronic machine that automatically counts, records, and summarizes data from punched cards or inputs.
"Early census data was processed efficiently using a mechanical punch-card tabulator."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Late Latin word 'tabulator', meaning a maker of boards or tables, stemming from 'tabula' (board, plank, or writing tablet). The term evolved in the late 19th and 20th centuries with the advent of mechanical office equipment and early computing to describe both a device used for arranging data into tables and a mechanical feature on typewriters used for setting tabular columns.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Tabulator" is said worldwide
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tabulateur
Transliteration: ta.by.la.tœʁ
"Utilisez le tabulateur pour aligner vos colonnes."
Tabulator
Transliteration: ta.buˈlaːtoːɐ̯
"Drücken Sie die Tabulator-Taste, um einzurücken."
tabulatore
Transliteration: ta.bu.laˈto.re
"Il tabulatore serve per formattare il testo in colonne."
tabulador
Transliteration: ta.βu.laˈðoɾ
"La tecla tabulador permite alinear los datos correctamente."
tabulador
Transliteration: ta.bu.laˈdoʁ
"Use o tabulador para criar espaços uniformes no texto."
सारणीकार
Transliteration: saranikar
"कीबोर्ड पर सारणीकार कुंजी का उपयोग करें।"
制表键
Transliteration: zhì biǎo jiàn
"按制表键可以将光标移动到下一个制表位。"
탭키
Transliteration: taep-ki
"문장을 정렬하려면 탭키를 누르세요."
タブキー
Transliteration: tabukī
"文字を揃えるにはタブキーを使用します。"
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