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tab⋅let
[tab-lit] 
lɪt
noun, verb, -let⋅ed, -let⋅ing or -let⋅ted, -let⋅ting.–noun
| 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. |
–verb (used with object)
| 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. |
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| tab·let (tāb'lĭt) n.
[Middle English tablette, from Old French tablete, diminutive of table, table; see table.] |
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Tablet
Ta"blet\, n. [F. tablette, dim. of table. See Table.]1. A small table or flat surface. 2. A flat piece of any material on which to write, paint, draw, or engrave; also, such a piece containing an inscription or a picture. 3. Hence, a small picture; a miniature. [Obs.] 4. pl. A kind of pocket memorandum book. 5. A flattish cake or piece; as, tablets of arsenic were formerly worn as a preservative against the plague. 6. (Pharm.) A solid kind of electuary or confection, commonly made of dry ingredients with sugar, and usually formed into little flat squares; -- called also lozenge, and troche, especially when of a round or rounded form.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : tablet
Spanish:
pastilla, comprimido,
German:
die Tablette,
Japanese:
錠剤
tablet
c.1315, "slab or flat surface for an inscription" (especially the two Mosaic tables of stone), from O.Fr. tablete (13c.), dim. of table "slab" (see table). The meaning "lozenge, pill" is first recorded 1582; that of "pad of writing paper" in 1880.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Main Entry: tab·let
Pronunciation: 'tab-l&t
Function: noun
: a small mass of medicated material (as in the shape of a disk)
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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tablet tab·let (tāb'lĭt)
n.
A small flat pellet of medication to be taken orally.
The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
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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)
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
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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.
Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
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