tablet

Everyday

1. A tablet is a small, flat, hard piece of medicine that you swallow; a pill. tree →
2. A tablet is a thin, flat computer with a touch screen. tree →
3. A tablet is a flat piece of stone or clay with writing on it, used long ago. tree →
4. A tablet of soap is a bar of soap. tree →

In the lessons

In health and safety, only take tablets (medicine) that a parent or doctor gives you, in the right amount; tablets can look like sweets, so keep them out of reach of small children. In technology, children use tablets for learning and games; set limits on screen time and stay safe online. In history, the ancient Sumerians and Egyptians wrote on clay or stone tablets.

Examples

• Take one tablet twice a day after meals. tree →
• Never take tablets that are not yours. tree →
• Keep tablets away from small children. tree →
• We use tablets to read e-books in class. tree →
• My tablet needs charging. tree →
• The ancient tablet had writing in pictures. tree →
• Put the tablet down — it's bedtime. tree →
• The Roman tablets told about the soldiers. tree →
• Look here, this is what is written on the tablet of the statue by the lower gate. tree →

Note

Countable. In US English «pill» is more common for medicine. In maths dosage problems, «2 tablets 3 times a day» is 2 × 3 = 6 tablets a day; always follow the label.

In Jewish tradition

Interpretation: Westcott mentions the "Isiac Tablet" as a Hermetic study aid, not the Torah's tablets of stone. In the Prophets a tablet is a board for writing, where Isaiah is told to write so a message lasts. Jeremiah says Judah's sin is written on the tablet of their heart. In the primary lessons: In health and safety, only take tablets (medicine) that a parent or doctor gives you, in the right amount; tablets can look like sweets, so keep them out of reach of small children. In technology, children use tablets for learning and games; set limits on screen time and stay safe online. In history, the ancient Sumerians and Egyptians wrote on clay or stone tablets.

Examples

• To obtain the full value of this Treatise, it should be studied hand in hand with Hermetic Rituals, the " Isiac Tablet ", and with a complete set of the Tarot designs. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) tree →
• And the LORD said unto me: 'Take thee a great tablet, and write upon it in common script: The spoil speedeth, the prey hasteth; (Prophets ISA.8.1, JPS 1917) tree →
• Now go, write it before them on a tablet, and inscribe it in a book, that it may be for the time to come for ever and ever. (Prophets ISA.30.8, JPS 1917) tree →
• The sin of Judah is written with a pen of iron, and with the point of a diamond; it is graven upon the tablet of their heart, and upon the horns of your altars. (Prophets JER.17.1, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

Countable. In US English «pill» is more common for medicine. In maths dosage problems, «2 tablets 3 times a day» is 2 × 3 = 6 tablets a day; always follow the label.