tabula
Latin writing surface
A tabula is a tablet or flat surface for writing, from the Latin word for board or plank.
The term survives mainly in the phrase tabula rasa, meaning a blank slate—the philosophical notion that the mind begins empty, without innate ideas, shaped entirely by experience.
Flat rigid panel
- gameOrganized play or sport
- pieceA portion or segment
- counterFlat service surface
- tokenRepresentative placeholder
dice · backgammon · playing · moves · strategy · Roman games · gambling · recreation
Without marks or content
- voidWithout legal effect
- emptinessAbsence of substance
- canvasHeavy woven cloth
- unmarkedHaving no visible identification
pristine · unblemished · unwritten · clean · fresh · Locke · empiricism · newborn
Pliable waterproof substance
- stylusPointed implement for marking
- diptychHinged two-part artwork
- triptychArt in three panels
- legionaryRoman military serviceman
scribe · inscription · Latin · writing · records · accounts · ledger · correspondence
Carve letters into surface
inscription · letters · text · memorial · commemorative · votive · dedicatory · epitaph
board
Flat rigid panel
token · dice · backgammon · playing · moves · strategy · Roman games · gambling · recreation · pastime
blank
Without marks or content
unmarked · pristine · unblemished · unwritten · clean · fresh · Locke · empiricism · newborn · potential
wax
Pliable waterproof substance
legionary · scribe · inscription · Latin · writing · records · accounts · ledger · correspondence · notes
inscribe
Carve letters into surface
etch · inscription · letters · text · memorial · commemorative · votive · dedicatory · epitaph · monument
bone
Hard skeletal tissue
plate · outer · inner · compact · skeletal · calvaria · parietal · frontal · occipital · anatomy
tabulapapyrus
Ancient plant-derived writing material
parchment · scroll · vellum · palimpsest · codex
tabulanativism
Preference for native-born citizens
a priori knowledge · instinct · anamnesis · rationalism · intuition
- tabula rasaUnmarked mental starting point
- vote tabulationCounting electoral choices
- tabular dataInformation organized in rows/columns