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 + -al1
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.