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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.
EXPANDa period, especially 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.
COLLAPSEPrinting. 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.
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Dotting
is always a great word to know.
So is quincunx. Does it mean:
| a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare. |
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
verb (used without object)
Idioms13.
to make a dot or dots.
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:
before 1000; perhaps to be identified with Old English dott head of a boil, though not attested in Middle English; compare dottle, dit, derivative of Old English dyttan to stop up (probably derivative of dott); cognate with Old High German tutta nipple
before 1000; perhaps to be identified with Old English dott head of a boil, though not attested in Middle English; compare dottle, dit, derivative of Old English dyttan to stop up (probably derivative of dott); cognate with Old High German tutta nipple
Related forms
dot·like, adjective
dot·ter, 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
EXPAND1975.
COLLAPSE
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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.
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