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Tablet - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Tablet : (noun)
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]
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, tab]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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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.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged 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)
Based on the Online Dictionary of Computing [Computer_Dictionary]:
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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.
Based on the Online Dictionary of Computing [Computer_Dictionary]:
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