Category:Tabula

Tab"u*la, n.; pl. Tabulæ. Etym: [l.]

1. A table; a tablet.

2. (zoöl.)

Defn: one of the transverse plants found in the calicles of certain Corals and hydroids. Tabula rasa ( etym: [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.