tablet

n. பட்டயத் தகடு, வரைபட்டிகை, எழுதுதற்குரிய தந்த ஏட்டு வில்லை, எழுத்துருச் செதுக்கப்பட்ட பலகைத் துண்டு, தகட்டுப்பாளம், மாத்திரை, பொதி குளிகை.

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Ta"blet, n. Etym: [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. Defn: 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.) Defn: 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.

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