[syn: pill, lozenge, tablet, tab]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Tablet \Ta"blet\, n. [F. tablette, dim. of table. See Table.]
1. A small table or flat surface.
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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.
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3. Hence, a small picture; a miniature. [Obs.]
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4. pl. A kind of pocket memorandum book.
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5. A flattish cake or piece; as, tablets of arsenic were
formerly worn as a preservative against the plague.
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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.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
tablet
n 1: a slab of stone or wood suitable for bearing an inscription
2: a number of sheets of paper fastened together along one edge
[syn: pad, pad of paper, tablet]
3: a small flat compressed cake of some substance; "a tablet of
soap"
4: a dose of medicine in the form of a small pellet [syn:
pill, lozenge, tablet, tab]
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (19 January 2023):
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)