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tab⋅let

[tab-lit] 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.

Origin:
1275–1325; ME tablette < MF tablete. See table, -et


2. plaque.
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tab·let   (tāb'lĭt)   
n.  
  1. A slab or plaque, as of stone or ivory, with a surface that is intended for or bears an inscription.

    1. A thin sheet or leaf, used as a writing surface.

    2. A set of such leaves fastened together, as in a book.

    3. A pad of writing paper glued together along one edge.

  2. A small flat pellet of medication to be taken orally.

  3. A small flat cake of a prepared substance, such as soap.

tr.v.   tab·let·ed, tab·let·ing, tab·lets
  1. To inscribe on a tablet.

  2. To form into a tablet.


[Middle English tablette, from Old French tablete, diminutive of table, table; see table.]
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: tab·let
Pronunciation: 'tab-l&t
Function: noun
: a small mass of medicated material (as in the shape of a disk) tablet>
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Medical Dictionary

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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Computing Dictionary

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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Bible Dictionary

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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