tablet
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.
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.
a flat slab or surface, especially one bearing or intended to bear an inscription, carving, or the like.
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.
Also called slate, tablet computer . a small, very thin, portable computer, usually battery-powered, having a touchscreen as the primary interface and input device, and often lacking a cover: I’ve entered the appointment in the calendar on my tablet. I never go anywhere without my tablet.: Compare laptop, smartphone.
to form into pills, small cakes, pellets, etc.: The tableted vitamins should be swallowed without chewing.
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.
to furnish with a plaque or flat piece of material bearing an inscription, carving, or the like.
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You can use it with Photoshop or any other photo-editing software, and if you don’t have one, you can download one for free upon registering your Wacom tablet.
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If you saw it in front of you, your pencil would drop, your tablet would fall from your lap.
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So after some weeks of speculation, he bought himself a tablet, some pencils and took up the art of writing.
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British Dictionary definitions for tablet
/ (ˈtæblɪt) /
a medicinal formulation made of a compressed powdered substance containing an active drug and excipients
a flattish cake of some substance, such as soap
Scot a sweet made of butter, sugar, and condensed milk, usually shaped in a flat oblong block
a slab of stone, wood, etc, esp one formerly used for inscriptions
a thinner rigid sheet, as of bark, ivory, etc, used for similar purposes
(often plural) a set or pair of these fastened together, as in a book
a pad of writing paper
NZ a token giving right of way to the driver of a train on a single line section
computing an input device that allows the user to draw or write freehand to screen by means of stylus or digital pen
Origin of tablet
1Collins 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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