WordNet Dictionary- [n] a dose of medicine in the form of a small pellet
- [n] a slab of stone or wood suitable for bearing an inscription
- [n] a number of sheets of paper fastened together along one edge
Webster's 1913 Dictionary\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.
Computing Dictionary["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)].
Biology DictionaryEaston Bible Dictionaryprobably 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.