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tu⋅to⋅ri⋅al

[too-tawr-ee-uhl, -tohr-, tyoo-]
–adjective
1. pertaining to or exercised by a tutor: tutorial functions or authority.
–noun
2. a class in which a tutor gives intensive instruction in some subject to an individual student or a small group of students.
3. Computers.
a. programmed instruction provided to a user at a computer terminal, often concerning the use of a particular software package and built into that package.
b. a manual explaining how to use a particular software package or computer system.

Origin:
1735–45; < L tūtōri(us) of a guardian + -al 1
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tu·to·ri·al   (tōō-tôr'ē-əl, -tōr'-, tyōō-)   
adj.  Of or relating to tutors or a tutor.
n.  Something that provides special, often individual instruction, especially:
a. A book or class that provides instruction in a particular area.
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