01 n. A table; a tablet.
pl.
Tabulae ((#))
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1.
A table; a tablet.
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2.
One of the transverse plants found in the calicles of certain corals and hydroids.(Zool.)
Phrases & compounds
Tabula rasa —
a smoothed tablet; hence, figuratively, the mind in its earliest state, before receiving impressions from without; -- a term used by Hobbes, Locke, and others, in maintaining a theory opposed to the doctrine of innate ideas.