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TABLETING
Etymology
Noun
tableting (uncountable)
The manufacture of tablets by compacting a powder using a punch and die; used especially for pharmaceuticals
Anagrams
• batteling
Source: Wiktionary
TABLET
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.
Definition: 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.)
Definition: 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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