tableting

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noun

The manufacture of tablets by compacting a powder using a punch and die; used especially for pharmaceuticals

OriginEnglish tablet ← Middle English tablet ← Old French tablete →
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Meanings

nountableting (uncountable)

alternative tabletting

  1. uncountableThe manufacture of tablets by compacting a powder using a punch and die; used especially for pharmaceuticals

Origin

  1. Proto-Italic*taðlā
  2. Latintabula
  3. Old Frenchtable
  4. Old Frenchtablete
  5. Middle Englishtablet
  6. Englishtablet
  7. Englishtableting

From tablet + -ing.

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APA

tableting. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tableting

MLA

“tableting.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tableting. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tableting,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tableting.

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