noun, verb, -let⋅ed, -let⋅ing or -let⋅ted, -let⋅ting.| 1. | a number of sheets of writing paper, business forms, etc., fastened together at the edge; pad. |
| 2. | a flat slab or surface, esp. one bearing or intended to bear an inscription, carving, or the like. |
| 3. | a thin, flat leaf or sheet of slate, wax-coated wood, or other rigid material, used for writing or marking on, esp. one of a pair or set hinged or otherwise fastened together. |
| 4. | tablets, the set as a whole. |
| 5. | a small, flat, or flattish cake or piece of some solid or solidified substance, as a drug, chemical, or soap. |
| 6. | to furnish or mark with a tablet or plaque. |
| 7. | to mark or inscribe (memoranda, notes, etc.) on a tablet. |
| 8. | to form into tablets, cakes, pellets, etc. |
tablet tab·let (tāb'lĭt)
n.
A small flat pellet of medication to be taken orally.
TABLET
A query language.
["Human Factor Comparison of a Procedural and a Non-procedural Query Language", C. Welty et al, ACM Trans Database Sys 6(4):626-649 (Dec 1981)].
(1994-11-23)
Tablet
probably a string of beads worn round the neck (Ex. 35:22; Num. 31:50). In Isa. 3:20 the Hebrew word means a perfume-box, as it is rendered in the Revised Version.