Tablature1. (n.) A painting on a wall or ceiling; a single piece comprehended in one view, and formed according to one design; hence, a picture in general.
2. (n.) An ancient mode of indicating musical sounds by letters and other signs instead of by notes.
3. (n.) Division into plates or tables with intervening spaces; as, the tablature of the cranial bones.
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