dot
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2.4
- noun
- /dɑt/
- Specialized
:
punto
- The message was encoded using a series of dots and dashes.
- dots and dashes
dash dot dot dash is different than dash dot dash...
- dash dot dot dash is different than dash dot dash...
Examples
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Those places form dashes and dots... and those dots spell out a message in Morse code.
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Yes, she's fiercely loyal, but everyday Wednesday, at 10:30 P.M. on the dot, she leaves the compound.
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In some cases, one key produced a dot; another produced a dash.
Academic text (2011) -
Dots and dashes that stand for different letters.
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The dots represent galaxies, which move away from each other as the sheet is stretched.
Academic text (1992) -
A blinking red dot flashes on the tracking device on a map filled with large circles.
Fiction book (1990) -
A system of dots and dashes underneath the letters indicated which right-hand finger plucked the string.
Academic text (2011) -
In Morse code, a dot is represented by a short sound.
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Each dot in Morse code indicates a brief signal.
Synonyms
1
9.9
A short signal in Morse code like a dot
Antonyms
Idioms
- Informal
1
5.8
To pay careful attention to small details when finishing a task
Compounds
- Texting
7
3.7
A company that does most of its business on the internet with a website ending in .com
- Texting
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4.2
A company that does most of its business online, often with a website ending in .com
- Texting
1
3.5
A business that does most of its work online and uses a website ending in .com
- Specialized
A number made by multiplying pairs of numbers from two lists and adding them
- Specialized
A small raised dot used to show multiplication in math, often instead of the letter x
Surface Forms
Etymology
Dot for Morse code uses the same basic word from old English dott meaning 'small spot', and so a dot in Morse is the short sound or mark, the small part of a dot-and-dash letter.