dotted

DOT

abbr.

Department of Transportation

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dot ¹  (dt)

n.

1.

a. A tiny round mark made by or as if by a pointed instrument; a spot.

b. Such a mark used in orthography, as above an i.

c. The basic unit of composition for an image produced by a device that prints text or graphics on paper: a resolution of 900 dots per inch.

2. A tiny amount.

3. In Morse and similar codes, the short sound or signal used in combination with the dash and silent intervals to represent letters, numbers, or punctuation.

4. Mathematics

a. A decimal point.

b. A symbol (·) indicating multiplication, as in 2 · 4 = 8.

5. Music A mark after a note indicating an increase in time value by half.

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

v. dot·ted, dot·ting, dots

v.tr.

1. To mark with a dot.

2. To form or make with dots.

3. To cover with or as if with dots: "Campfires, like red, peculiar blossoms, dotted the night" (Stephen Crane).

v.intr.

To make a dot.

Idiom:

on/at the dot

Exactly at the appointed time; punctual or punctually: arrived at nine o'clock on the dot.

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[Middle English *dot, from Old English dott, head of a boil.]

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dotter n.

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dot ²  (dt, d)

n.

A woman's marriage portion; a dowry.

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[French, from Latin ds, dt-, dowry; see d- in Indo-European roots.]

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dotal (dtl) adj.

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dotted [ˈdɒtɪd]

adj

1. having dots, esp having a pattern of dots

2. (Music, other) Music

a.  (of a note) increased to one and a half times its original time value See dot¹ [4]

b.  (of a musical rhythm) characterized by dotted notes Compare double-dotted See also notes inégales

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	dotted - having a pattern of dots flecked, specked, speckled, stippled patterned - having patterns (especially colorful patterns)
	2.	dotted - having gaps or spaces; "sign on the dotted line" dashed broken - not continuous in space, time, or sequence or varying abruptly; "broken lines of defense"; "a broken cable transmission"; "broken sleep"; "tear off the stub above the broken line"; "a broken note"; "broken sobs"

Translations

dotted [ˈdɒtɪd] adj

(= scattered) dotted with → parsemé(e) de
to be dotted with sth → être parsemé(e) de qch
to be dotted around sth [+ place, house] → être éparpillé(e) dans qch

(= spotted) [fabric] → à pois
dotted line n

→ ligne f pointillée
to sign on the dotted line (lit) → signer sur les pointillés, signer sur la ligne pointillée (fig) → donner son consentement

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