tablet

Definitions


[ˈtablɪt], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a flat slab of stone, clay, or wood, used especially for an inscription
(e.g: at the corner of the apse is a memorial tablet)

- a small disc or cylinder of a compressed solid substance, typically a measured amount of a medicine or drug
(e.g: headache tablets)

- a small portable computer that accepts input directly on to its screen rather than via a keyboard or mouse

- a writing pad

- a kind of token giving authority for a train to proceed over a single-track line

- a traditional sweet made from sugar, condensed milk, and butter, resembling fudge but having a hard, grainy texture


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Origin:
Middle English: from Old French tablete, from a diminutive of Latin tabula (see table)




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