Tablet
noun
A small piece of medicine that you swallow.
The doctor gave me some tablets for my headache.
Often appears as...
- take a tablet
- swallow a tablet
noun
A flat piece of stone, clay, etc, that has words or pictures on it.
The ancient tablet contained inscriptions from an unknown civilization.
Often appears as...
- stone tablet
- clay tablet
noun
A flat, portable computer that is touched with the finger or a stylus.
He uses his tablet to take notes in class.
Often appears as...
- use a tablet
- touch screen tablet
Usage tips
Technical
noun
A small, flat piece of solid substance, for example of soap.
She bought a tablet of lavender soap.
Often appears as...
- soap tablet
- dissolving tablet
noun
A small piece of medicine that you swallow.
The doctor gave me some tablets for my headache.
Often appears as...
- take a tablet
- swallow a tablet
noun
A flat piece of stone, clay, etc, that has words or pictures on it.
The ancient tablet contained inscriptions from an unknown civilization.
Often appears as...
- stone tablet
- clay tablet
noun
A flat, portable computer that is touched with the finger or a stylus.
He uses his tablet to take notes in class.
Often appears as...
- use a tablet
- touch screen tablet
Usage tips
Technical
noun
A small, flat piece of solid substance, for example of soap.
She bought a tablet of lavender soap.
Often appears as...
- soap tablet
- dissolving tablet
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/3Medical Usage
The term 'tablet' is often used by healthcare professionals and in medical settings.
Please take one tablet of ibuprofen every eight hours.
Pro Tip 2/3Dosage Precision
'Tablet' implies a precise dosage, unlike liquid medicines which must be measured.
The prescription states two tablets daily, not a teaspoon.
Pro Tip 3/3Swallow Whole
Tablets should typically be swallowed whole; check if they aren't meant to be chewed or dissolved.
Swallow the tablet with water, do not crush it.
Pro Tip 1/3Medical Usage
The term 'tablet' is often used by healthcare professionals and in medical settings.
Please take one tablet of ibuprofen every eight hours.
Pro Tip 2/3Dosage Precision
'Tablet' implies a precise dosage, unlike liquid medicines which must be measured.
The prescription states two tablets daily, not a teaspoon.
Pro Tip 3/3Swallow Whole
Tablets should typically be swallowed whole; check if they aren't meant to be chewed or dissolved.
Swallow the tablet with water, do not crush it.
Pro Tip 1/3Medical Usage
The term 'tablet' is often used by healthcare professionals and in medical settings.
Please take one tablet of ibuprofen every eight hours.
Pro Tip 2/3Dosage Precision
'Tablet' implies a precise dosage, unlike liquid medicines which must be measured.
The prescription states two tablets daily, not a teaspoon.
Pro Tip 3/3Swallow Whole
Tablets should typically be swallowed whole; check if they aren't meant to be chewed or dissolved.
Swallow the tablet with water, do not crush it.
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The thrilling potential...
of what you can think of when this kind of technology merges with real life. But many of you argue, actually, that all of our work is not only about physical objects. We actually do lots of accounting and paper editing and all those kinds of things; what about that? And many of you are excited about the next-generation tablet computers
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Getting started as a DJ:...
and a passion for the music and who might want to pursue a career in it really has the ability to, well, pursue it, such as myself. You can start with an app on a tablet or an app on your phone, even, an app on your iPad, and then move on to bigger equipment. The opportunities are endless,
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Can we create new senses...
we wanted to make it so that sound from the world gets converted in some way so that a deaf person can understand what is being said. And we wanted to do this, given the power and ubiquity of portable computing, we wanted to make sure that this would run on cell phones and tablets,
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Biblical Relic or Clever...
artifacts since he was a boy here you are looking now at the oldest the most ancient dictionary ever found in the world I found it when I was 10 years old he admitted he'd been helping to sell the missing stone tablet but denied that
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The evolution of the...
and fancier shapes letters get more distinct because technology influences form until this point in time where technology is indivisible from the form if you're if we're writing on computer or tablet or phone the implement to
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The epic of Gilgamesh,...
he made peace with his mortality and vowed to spend his lifetime doing great deeds. He wrote his story on a lapis lazuli tablet and buried it under the city walls for future generations to find and learn from.
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6 tips for better sleep...
And melatonin helps regulate the healthy timing of our sleep. In the last hour before bed, try to stay away from all of those computer screens and tablets and phones. Dim down half the lights in your house.
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How aspirin was...
that helps cancer cells spread. These discoveries have transformed aspirin from a mere pain reliever to a potentially life-saving treatment. Today, we consume about 100 billion aspirin tablets each year,
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Christianity in Ethiopia...
legends surrounding the monasteries of Lake Tana the greatest of which surely is that one of them housed the Ark of the Covenant for a while so the arm that held the tablets on which were written
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Hunting for dinosaurs...
on clay tablets, the Earth's volumes remained inscrutable to humans. We were geologically illiterate, unaware of the antiquity of our own planet and ignorant of our connection to deep time.
Video examples
The thrilling potential...
of what you can think of when this kind of technology merges with real life. But many of you argue, actually, that all of our work is not only about physical objects. We actually do lots of accounting and paper editing and all those kinds of things; what about that? And many of you are excited about the next-generation tablet computers
Video examples
Getting started as a DJ:...
and a passion for the music and who might want to pursue a career in it really has the ability to, well, pursue it, such as myself. You can start with an app on a tablet or an app on your phone, even, an app on your iPad, and then move on to bigger equipment. The opportunities are endless,
Video examples
Can we create new senses...
we wanted to make it so that sound from the world gets converted in some way so that a deaf person can understand what is being said. And we wanted to do this, given the power and ubiquity of portable computing, we wanted to make sure that this would run on cell phones and tablets,
Video examples
Biblical Relic or Clever...
artifacts since he was a boy here you are looking now at the oldest the most ancient dictionary ever found in the world I found it when I was 10 years old he admitted he'd been helping to sell the missing stone tablet but denied that
Video examples
The evolution of the...
and fancier shapes letters get more distinct because technology influences form until this point in time where technology is indivisible from the form if you're if we're writing on computer or tablet or phone the implement to
Video examples
The epic of Gilgamesh,...
he made peace with his mortality and vowed to spend his lifetime doing great deeds. He wrote his story on a lapis lazuli tablet and buried it under the city walls for future generations to find and learn from.
Video examples
6 tips for better sleep...
And melatonin helps regulate the healthy timing of our sleep. In the last hour before bed, try to stay away from all of those computer screens and tablets and phones. Dim down half the lights in your house.
Video examples
How aspirin was...
that helps cancer cells spread. These discoveries have transformed aspirin from a mere pain reliever to a potentially life-saving treatment. Today, we consume about 100 billion aspirin tablets each year,
Video examples
Christianity in Ethiopia...
legends surrounding the monasteries of Lake Tana the greatest of which surely is that one of them housed the Ark of the Covenant for a while so the arm that held the tablets on which were written
Video examples
Hunting for dinosaurs...
on clay tablets, the Earth's volumes remained inscrutable to humans. We were geologically illiterate, unaware of the antiquity of our own planet and ignorant of our connection to deep time.
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Noah Hawley
American Producer
I think people used to read 'War and Peace,' and now they don't; now they sit around with their tablets and watch 'Downton Abbey' and 'Breaking Bad' or whatever, and they want the things that they watch to be better so that they can feel better about themselves for watching it.
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Phil Schiller
American Businessman
It's a world where you're going to have a phone, a tablet, a computer - you don't have to choose. And so what's more important is how you seamlessly move between them all... It's not like this is a laptop person and that's a tablet person. It doesn't have to be that way.
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Douglas Rushkoff
American Journalist
Beyond the hype, style, and speculation, the truth is that the iPad is really just another tablet device. A really big PDA, where a touchscreen does what a laptop's keyboard used to do.
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Steve Jobs
American Businessman
The reason we wouldn't make a seven-inch tablet isn't because we don't want to hit a price point, it's because we don't think you can make a great tablet with a seven-inch screen.
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Steve Mollenkopf
American Businessman
If you look at the developed world, people have multiple devices now. And a phone works with a watch, with a car, with a tablet, with a number of other type of devices.
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Brad D. Smith
American Businessman
The world has shifted to the palm of our hand, or a tablet. We hadn't been investing in 'Quicken' that way.
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Terry Bradshaw
American Athlete
I'm taking memory power boost tablets to help me every day and doing the puzzles to help me stay focused.
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Jeff Bewkes
American Businessman
Tablets generally have made it pretty obvious that magazines have a new lease on life.
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Bill Gates
American Businessman
The tablet is not mainstream. Reading off the screen is not mainstream.
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Ann Makosinski
Canadian Businesswoman
Maybe thermoelectricity will be able to power a tablet someday.
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Noah Hawley
American Producer
I think people used to read 'War and Peace,' and now they don't; now they sit around with their tablets and watch 'Downton Abbey' and 'Breaking Bad' or whatever, and they want the things that they watch to be better so that they can feel better about themselves for watching it.
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Phil Schiller
American Businessman
It's a world where you're going to have a phone, a tablet, a computer - you don't have to choose. And so what's more important is how you seamlessly move between them all... It's not like this is a laptop person and that's a tablet person. It doesn't have to be that way.
Quote examples
Douglas Rushkoff
American Journalist
Beyond the hype, style, and speculation, the truth is that the iPad is really just another tablet device. A really big PDA, where a touchscreen does what a laptop's keyboard used to do.
Quote examples
Steve Jobs
American Businessman
The reason we wouldn't make a seven-inch tablet isn't because we don't want to hit a price point, it's because we don't think you can make a great tablet with a seven-inch screen.
Quote examples
Steve Mollenkopf
American Businessman
If you look at the developed world, people have multiple devices now. And a phone works with a watch, with a car, with a tablet, with a number of other type of devices.
Quote examples
Brad D. Smith
American Businessman
The world has shifted to the palm of our hand, or a tablet. We hadn't been investing in 'Quicken' that way.
Quote examples
Terry Bradshaw
American Athlete
I'm taking memory power boost tablets to help me every day and doing the puzzles to help me stay focused.
Quote examples
Jeff Bewkes
American Businessman
Tablets generally have made it pretty obvious that magazines have a new lease on life.
Quote examples
Bill Gates
American Businessman
The tablet is not mainstream. Reading off the screen is not mainstream.
Quote examples
Ann Makosinski
Canadian Businesswoman
Maybe thermoelectricity will be able to power a tablet someday.
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