Dot

  • 51dot — dot1 S2 [dɔt US da:t] n [: Old English; Origin: dott top of a spot on the skin ] 1.) a small round mark or spot ▪ a pattern of dots on the screen 2.) on the dot informal exactly on time or at a particular time ▪ I ll be there on the dot …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 52dot — I. /dɒt / (say dot) noun 1. a minute or small spot on a surface; a speck. 2. a small, roundish mark made with or as with a pen. 3. anything relatively small or speck like. 4. Music a. a point placed after a note or rest, to indicate that the… …

  • 53Dot-S — An assortment of dot S pieces (note the SD card for size comparison). Dot S (styled as .S) also known as Dot Pin is a toy created by Japanese company Tomytec. The toys allow for the creation of pictures by placing colored pegs into holes in one… …

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  • 54dot — [[t]dɒ̱t[/t]] dots, dotting, dotted 1) N COUNT A dot is a very small round mark, for example one that is used as the top part of the letter i , as a full stop, or as a decimal point. 2) N COUNT You can refer to something that you can see in the… …

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  • 55dot — 1 noun (C) 1 a small round mark or spot 2 on the dot informal exactly at a particular time: on the dot of five (o clock)/at five (o clock) on the dot: Mr Green arrived at six on the dot. 3 something that looks like a small spot because it is so… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 56dot — I. noun Etymology: Middle English *dot, from Old English dott head of a boil; akin to Old High German tutta nipple Date: 1674 1. a small spot ; speck 2. a small round mark: as a. (1) a small point made with a pointed instrument < a dot on …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 57dot — dot1 noun a small round mark or spot. ↘Music a dot used to denote the lengthening of a note or rest by half, or to indicate staccato. ↘the shorter signal of the two used in Morse code. verb (dots, dotting, dotted) 1》 mark with a dot or dots. 2》&#8230; …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 58dot — I [[t]dɒt[/t]] n. v. dot•ted, dot•ting 1) a small, roundish mark made with or as if with a pen 2) a small spot; speck 3) a period, esp. as used in pronouncing an Internet address 4) a small amount 5) mad a) a point placed after a musical note or&#8230; …

    From formal English to slang

  • 59dot — [dɒt] noun [C] I 1) a very small spot of ink or colour 2) the way you say the symbol . in an Internet or email address 3) something that looks very small because it is far away The house was a tiny dot in the valley below.[/ex] • on the dot at&#8230; …

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  • 60dot —    A synonym for the name of the current directory, usually invisible as its name begins with a period.    In Unix, a file whose name begins with a dot usually contains configuration information; you can customize your environment by creating the …

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