Definition of "tabling" in 英语

noun

1. A forming into (graphic) tables; a display in tabular form.

2. (carpentry) The letting of one timber into another by alternate scores or projections, as in shipbuilding; a crude form of dovetailing.

3. (nautical) A broad hem on the edge of a sail.

4. (US) A setting-aside of a topic from discussion.

5. (UK) The introduction of a topic to a discussion.

6. (metonymic) Representing a company or organization (at an exposition, fair, etc.), usually at a booth or display.

7. (obsolete) board; support

8. (programming) The uses of a table that contains the results of subproblems which can then be used later in the solving of a problem when the same subproblem arises again.

verb

1. present participle and gerund of table