 |
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Tabula \Tab"u*la\, noun; pl. {Tabul[ae]}. [L.]
1. A table; a tablet.
2. (Zo["o]l.) One of the transverse plants found in the calicles of certain corals and hydroids.
{Tabula rasa}[L.], 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.
 |
Definitions retrieved from local copies of the freely distributed DICT client/server software and databases. Click here for database copyright information. - KM |