tablet
IPA: tˈæbɫʌt
noun
- A slab of clay, stone or wood used for inscription.
- (religion) A short scripture written by the founders of the Baháʼí Faith.
- A pill; a small, easily swallowed portion of a substance.
- A block of several sheets of blank paper that are bound together at the top; pad of paper.
- (computing) A graphics tablet.
- (computing) A tablet computer, a type of portable computer.
- (Scotland) A confection made from sugar, condensed milk and butter, produced in flat slabs, with a grainer texture than fudge.
- (rail transport) A type of round token giving authority for a train to proceed over a single-track line.
verb
- (transitive) To form (a drug, etc.) into tablets.
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Examples of "tablet" in Sentences
- The word tablet is, so far, nearly synonymous with iPad.
- Dell Inc. gave a look at what they called a tablet-concept device that features a 5-inch screen.
- But let us not fool ourselves that the aspirin tablet is treating the disease, it is treating the symptom.
- It seems strange having to explain the utility of a tablet to a kindle user: the tablet is a really nice kindle.
- My Gateway tablet is pretty much on 16 hrs a day, on a desk, tethered to a monitor (the tablet feature just wasn't that great).
- Then, if you can prove you have a job, a place to live and can support your progeny, the tablet is removed and you can procreate.
- Archos calls its device an Internet Tablet, I consider it more of a Portable Media Player as I reserve the label tablet for devices with larger ...
- Businessweek also chimed in on the netbook, which it describes as a tablet-like media pad that can play music and videos, view photos, browse the Web with mobile Safari, and make calls over a Wi-Fi connection.
- Microsoft Chief Executive Steve Ballmer got a ho-hum reaction as he showed off a new Hewlett-Packard (HP) slate tablet, while executives from Dell gave a look at what they called a tablet-concept device that features a 5-inch screen.
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