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dot

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What does dot mean?

noun

  1. A small, round spot.
  2. A punctuation mark used to indicate the end of a sentence or an abbreviated part of a word; a full stop; a period.
  3. A point used as a diacritical mark above or below various letters of the Latin script, as in Ȧ, Ạ, Ḅ, Ḃ, Ċ.
More meanings (17)

noun

  1. A symbol used for separating the fractional part of a decimal number from the whole part, for indicating multiplication or a scalar product, or for various other purposes.
  2. In musical notation, a symbol in the form of a small point placed after a note, indicating that its duration is to be augmented by 50%.
  3. One of the two symbols used in Morse code.
  4. Anything small and like a speck comparatively; a small portion or specimen.
  5. (informal) A dot ball.
  6. buckshot, projectile from a "dotty" or shotgun
  7. Clipping of dotty (“shotgun”).
  8. Clipping of dotfile
  9. Initialism of disodium octaborate tetrahydrate.
  10. Initialism of damage over time.
  11. A weapon or ability that deals damage over time as opposed to or in addition to direct damage.
  12. Alternative spelling of DOT.
  13. (obsolete) A lump or clot.
  14. (rare, slang) confinement facility

proper noun

  1. A diminutive of the female given name Dorothy.
  2. Initialism of Department of Transportation or Department of Transport.
  3. Initialism of Department of Tourism.
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If the operator presses one of these dot keys, it is engaged by an appropriate pin on the revolving cylinder.
Frank Lewis Dyer; Thomas Commerford MartinEdison: His Life and InventionsProject Gutenberg ebook #820
“Well, if you knew how hungry I am, you would know how thankful I am, to the dot,” said the Angel.
Gene Stratton-PorterFrecklesProject Gutenberg ebook #111
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“I mean it in this way. First of all, he never offered to help me to a dot and a husband.”
Henry JamesThe AmericanProject Gutenberg ebook #177
At last my prisoners are released, all of them being first marked with a big white dot in the middle of the thorax.
Jean-Henri FabreThe Mason-BeesTranslated by Alexander Teixeira de MattosProject Gutenberg ebook #2884
The inking pen was replaced by a metal wheel or disc, smeared with ink, and rolling on the paper at every dot or dash.
John MunroHeroes of the TelegraphProject Gutenberg ebook #979