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tab·let
I. \ˈtablə̇t, usu -ə̇d.+V\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English tablett, tablette, from Middle French tablete, diminutive of table — more at table
1.
a.
(1) : a flat surface, slab, or plaque suited for or bearing an inscription
< cuneiform tablets >
< tablets … range in size from small nameplates and directional signs to large memorials and honor rolls — Sweet's Catalog Service >
(2) archaic : a relatively thin flat panel containing a picture or engraving
< knew not when to take his hand from the tablet which he was painting — Vicesimus Knox >
b. : a thin slab (as of clay) or one of a set of portable leaves or sheets (as of ivory or wax-coated wood) used for writing
< behind the throne stood … the scribe, inscribing the judgments with a pointed tool on tablets of clay — Nora B. Kubie >
< two tablets fastened together with string … could form a closed letter which the recipient, after smoothing over the wax, could return with his answer — F.G.Kenyon >
c. : a collection of sheets of paper usually of the same size laid together and glued at one edge and usually having a front cover — compare pad 7
d. : something that resembles a tablet: as
(1) : a flat piece of an inflexible material (as an ornamental tile for a fireplace)
(2) : panel 3f(3)
(3) : a key controlling a stop on an electronic organ
< by … depressing any one of the stop tablets a tonal combination is set up — R.L.Eby >
2.
a. : a compressed or molded block of a solid material : cake, bar
< a tablet of soap >
b. : a small mass of medicated material usually in the shape of a disk or flat square
< aspirin tablet >
— compare pill
c. chiefly Britain : a small patty or lozenge of candy
< almond tablet >
< lemon tablet >
3.
a. : a table-cut gem
b. : a tabular crystal
4.
a. : a horizontal coping stone
b. : table 5a
II. transitive verb
(tableted or tabletted ; tableted or tabletted ; tableting or tabletting ; tablets)
1.
a. : to provide or mark with a tablet
b. : to inscribe on a tablet
2. : to form into a tablet
III. noun
: graphics tablet herein |