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dot one's i's and cross one's t's

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dot

1  [dot] noun, verb, dot⋅ted, dot⋅ting.
Use dot one's i's and cross one's t's in a Sentence
–noun
1. a small, roundish mark made with or as if with a pen.
2. a minute or small spot on a surface; speck: There were dots of soot on the window sill.
3. anything relatively small or specklike.
4. a small specimen, section, amount, or portion: a dot of butter.
5. a period, esp. as used when pronouncing an Internet address.
6. Music.
a. a point placed after a note or rest, to indicate that the duration of the note or rest is to be increased one half. A double dot further increases the duration by one half the value of the single dot.
b. a point placed under or over a note to indicate that it is to be played staccato.
7. Telegraphy. a signal of shorter duration than a dash, used in groups along with groups of dashes and spaces to represent letters, as in Morse code.
8. Printing. an individual element in a halftone reproduction.
–verb (used with object)
9. to mark with or as if with a dot or dots.
10. to stud or diversify with or as if with dots: Trees dot the landscape.
11. to form or cover with dots: He dotted a line across the page.
12. Cookery. to sprinkle with dabs of butter, margarine, or the like: Dot the filling with butter.
–verb (used without object)
13. to make a dot or dots.
—Idioms
14. dot one's i's and cross one's t's, to be meticulous or precise, even to the smallest detail.
15. on the dot, Informal. precisely; exactly at the time specified: The guests arrived at eight o'clock on the dot.
16. the year dot, British Informal. very long ago.
Origin:
bef. 1000; perh. to be identified with OE dott head of a boil, though not attested in ME; cf. dottle, dit, deriv. of OE dyttan to stop up (prob. deriv. of dott); c. OHG tutta nipple

Related forms:
dotlike, adjective
dotter, noun
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Word Origin & History

dot 
O.E. dott "speck, head of a boil," perhaps related to tit "nipple." Known from a single source c.1000; the word reappeared with modern meaning "mark" c.1530; not common until 18c. Morse telegraph sense is from 1838. On the dot "punctual" is 1909, in reference to a clock dial face. Dot-matrix first attested 1975.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Financial Dictionary

DOT

See Designated Order Turnaround.

Wall Street Words: An A to Z Guide to Investment Terms by David L. Scott.
Copyright © 2003. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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Legal Dictionary

Main Entry: DOT
Function: abbreviation
Department of Transportation —see also the IMPORTANT AGENCIES section
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: dot
Pronunciation: 'dät
Function: noun
: a small spot or speck —see MAURER'S DOTS SCHUFFNER'S DOTS
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Medical Dictionary

dot 1 (dŏt)
n.
A tiny round mark made by or as if by a pointed instrument; a spot.

The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
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Science Dictionary
dot   (dŏt)  Pronunciation Key 

  1. A symbol (·) indicating multiplication, as in 2 · 4 = 8. It is used to indicate the dot product of vectors, for example A · B.

  2. A period, as used as in URLs and e-mail addresses, to separate strings of words, as in www.hmco.com.


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