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tablet

[ tab-lit ]

noun

  1. a number of sheets of writing paper, business forms, etc., fastened together at the edge; pad:

    Advertisers keep sending us these tablets of memo paper with their logo.

  2. a thin, flat sheet of slate, wax-coated wood, or other rigid material formerly used for writing or marking on, especially one of a pair or set tablets hinged or otherwise fastened together.
  3. a flat slab or surface, especially one bearing or intended to bear an inscription, carving, or the like.

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  4. a small, flattish cake or piece of some solid or solidified substance, such as a drug, chemical, or freeze-dried food:

    She felt better after taking a decongestant tablet.

    A larger garment will require two dye tablets.

  5. Also called slate,. a small, very thin, portable computer, usually battery-powered, having a touchscreen as the primary interface and input device, and often lacking a cover: Compare laptop ( def ), smartphone ( def ).

    I’ve entered the appointment in the calendar on my tablet.

    I never go anywhere without my tablet.



verb (used with object)

tableted or tabletted, tableting or tabletting.
  1. to form into pills, small cakes, pellets, etc.:

    The tableted vitamins should be swallowed without chewing.

  2. to mark or inscribe (memoranda, notes, etc.) on a tablet:

    Too often, our innovative ideas are politely tableted by company executives and never thought of again.

  3. to furnish with a plaque or flat piece of material bearing an inscription, carving, or the like.

tablet

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noun

  1. a medicinal formulation made of a compressed powdered substance containing an active drug and excipients
  2. a flattish cake of some substance, such as soap
  3. a sweet made of butter, sugar, and condensed milk, usually shaped in a flat oblong block
  4. a slab of stone, wood, etc, esp one formerly used for inscriptions
    1. a thinner rigid sheet, as of bark, ivory, etc, used for similar purposes
    2. often plural a set or pair of these fastened together, as in a book
  5. a pad of writing paper
  6. a token giving right of way to the driver of a train on a single line section
  7. computing an input device that allows the user to draw or write freehand to screen by means of stylus or digital pen
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of tablet1

First recorded in 1275–1325; Middle English tablette, from Middle French tablete; equivalent to table + -et
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of tablet1

C14: from Old French tablete a little table, from Latin tabula a board
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