Caplet (noun)
A smooth-coated tablet pill, as in medicine shaped like a capsule, used as a tamper-resistant alternative to a capsule, or an easy-to-swallow alternative to regular tablets.
Caplet (noun)
A component of an interest rate cap, a derivative instrument that effectively prevents the interest payments on an otherwise variable-rate loan from exceeding an agreed level (the “cap”). Each “caplet”, analysable as a call option, covers one interest accrual period (such as three months); the whole interest rate cap is made up of a series of consecutive caplets.
Tablet (noun)
A slab of clay used for inscription.
Tablet (noun)
A short scripture written by the founders of the Bahá’í faith.
Tablet (noun)
A pill; a small, easily swallowed portion of a substance.
“Many people take vitamin tablets as a food supplement.”
Tablet (noun)
A block of several sheets of blank paper that are bound together at the top; pad of paper.
Tablet (noun)
A graphics tablet.
Tablet (noun)
A tablet computer, a type of portable computer.
Tablet (noun)
A confection made from sugar, condensed milk and butter, produced in flat slabs.
Tablet (noun)
A type of round token giving authority for a train to proceed over a single-track line.
Tablet (verb)
To form (a drug, etc.) into tablets.