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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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dot¹

n

1. a small round mark made with or as with a pen, etc.; spot; speck; point

2. anything resembling a dot; a small amount a dot of paint

3. (Communication Arts / Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) the mark (˙) that appears above the main stem of the letters i, j

4. (Music, other) Music

a.  the symbol (·) placed after a note or rest to increase its time value by half

b.  this symbol written above or below a note indicating that it must be played or sung staccato

5. (Mathematics) Maths Logic

a.  the symbol (∸) indicating multiplication or logical conjunction

b.  a decimal point

6. (Electronics & Computer Science / Communications & Information) the symbol (·) used, in combination with the symbol for dash (–), in the written representation of Morse and other telegraphic codes Compare dit

the year dot Informal as long ago as can be remembered

on the dot at exactly the arranged time

vb dots, dotting, dotted

1. (tr) to mark or form with a dot to dot a letter a dotted crotchet

2. (tr) to scatter or intersperse (with dots or something resembling dots) bushes dotting the plain

3. (intr) to make a dot or dots

dot one's i's and cross one's t's to pay meticulous attention to detail

[Old English dott head of a boil; related to Old High German tutta nipple, Norwegian dott, Dutch dott lump]

dotter  n

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dot²

n

(Law) Civil law a woman's dowry

[from French, from Latin dōs; related to dōtāre to endow, dāre to give]

dotal  [ˈdəʊt^əl] adj

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dot  (dt)

1. A symbol (·) indicating multiplication, as in 2 · 4 = 8. It is used to indicate the dot product of vectors, for example A · B.

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

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	dot - a very small circular shape; "a row of points"; "draw lines between the dots" point disk, saucer, disc - something with a round shape resembling a flat circular plate; "the moon's disk hung in a cloudless sky"
	2.	DoT - the United States federal department that institutes and coordinates national transportation programs; created in 1966 Department of Transportation, Transportation executive department - a federal department in the executive branch of the government of the United States FAA, Federal Aviation Agency - an agency in the Department of Transportation that is responsible for the safety of civilian aviation Transportation Security Administration, TSA - an agency established in 2001 to safeguard United States transportation systems and insure safe air travel U. S. Coast Guard, United States Coast Guard, US Coast Guard - an agency of the Department of Transportation responsible for patrolling shores and facilitating nautical commerce
	3.	dot - the shorter of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code dit international Morse code, Morse, Morse code - a telegraph code in which letters and numbers are represented by strings of dots and dashes (short and long signals) radiotelegraphic signal, telegraphic signal - a signal transmitted by telegraphy
	4.	dot - street name for lysergic acid diethylamide Elvis, loony toons, Lucy in the sky with diamonds, back breaker, battery-acid, window pane, acid, superman, pane, Zen, dose LSD, lysergic acid diethylamide - a powerful hallucinogenic drug manufactured from lysergic acid
Verb	1.	dot - scatter or intersperse like dots or studs; "Hills constellated with lights" constellate, stud cover, extend, continue - span an interval of distance, space or time; "The war extended over five years"; "The period covered the turn of the century"; "My land extends over the hills on the horizon"; "This farm covers some 200 acres"; "The Archipelago continues for another 500 miles"
	2.	dot - distribute loosely; "He scattered gun powder under the wagon" disperse, sprinkle, scatter, dust spray - scatter in a mass or jet of droplets; "spray water on someone"; "spray paint on the wall" spray - be discharged in sprays of liquid; "Water sprayed all over the floor" spatter, splatter, plash, swash, splash, splosh - dash a liquid upon or against; "The mother splashed the baby's face with water" splash, sprinkle, splosh - cause (a liquid) to spatter about, especially with force; "She splashed the water around her" discharge - pour forth or release; "discharge liquids" bespangle - dot or sprinkle with sparkling or glittering objects aerosolize, aerosolise - disperse as an aerosol; "The bacteria suspension was aerosolized"
	3.	dot - make a dot or dots write - mark or trace on a surface; "The artist wrote Chinese characters on a big piece of white paper"; "Russian is written with the Cyrillic alphabet"
	4.	dot - mark with a dot; "dot your `i's" mark - make or leave a mark on; "the scouts marked the trail"; "ash marked the believers' foreheads"

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dot

noun

spot, point, mark, circle, atom, dab, mite, fleck, jot, speck, full stop, speckle, mote, iota, pinprick a small black dot in the middle

verb

spot, cover, spread over, pepper, scatter, stud, litter, strew, fleck, speckle Small coastal towns dotted the area.

on the dot on time, sharp, promptly, precisely, exactly (informal), spot on (informal), bang on, dead on (informal), to the minute, on the button (informal), on the nail, punctually At nine o'clock on the dot, they arrived.

Translations

dot [dɒt]

A. N → punto m
dots and dashes (Morse) → puntos y rayas
dot, dot, dot (Typ) → puntos suspensivos
at seven o'clock on the dot → a las siete en punto
to pay on the dot → pagar puntualmente
since the year dot (Brit) → desde los tiempos de Maricastaña

B. VT

1. [+ letter] → poner el punto sobre
to dot the i's and cross the t's → poner los puntos sobre las íes
see also dotted line

2. (= scatter) → esparcir, desparramar
they are dotted about the country → están esparcidos por todo el país
dotted with flowers → salpicado de flores

3. (= speckle) → puntear, motear, salpicar de puntos

4. (= hit) to dot sb a blow → pegar or arrear un golpe a algn
he dotted him one → le pegó or arreó(un porrazo)

C. CPD dot command N (Comput) → instrucción f (precedida)de punto
dot prompt N (Comput) → indicación f de punto

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dot [ˈdɒt]

n

(= spot) → point m
on the dot (= exactly)
He arrived at 9 o'clock on the dot → Il est arrivé à neuf heures pile.
on the dot of 9.50 pm → à 21h50 pile

since the year dot (British) (= since a long time ago) → depuis belle lurette

(in website or email address) → point m

vt

(= be scattered across) [+ area] → être éparpillé(e) dans

to dot the i's and cross the t's → faire du fignolage

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DOT (US) abbr of Department of Transportation → Verkehrsministerium nt

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dot

n

→ Punkt m; (on material) → Tupfen m, → Punkt m; morse code is made up of dots and dashes → das Morsealphabet besteht aus kurzen und langen Signalen; dot, dash, dot (morse) → kurz, lang, kurz; dot, dot, dot (in punctuation) → drei Punkte

(phrases) to arrive on the dot → auf die Minute pünktlich (an)kommen; on the dot of 9pm → um Punkt 21 Uhr; at 3 o’clock on the dot → haargenau or auf die Minute genau um 3 Uhr; she has lived here since the year dot (Brit inf) → sie lebt schon ewig or schon seit ewigen Zeiten hier

vt

to dot an i → einen i-Punkt setzen; to dot one’s i’s and cross one’s t’s (fig) → peinlich genau or penibel sein; a dotted bow tie → eine gepunktete Fliege; dotted line → punktierte Linie; to tear along the dotted line → an der or entlang der punktierten Linie abtrennen; to sign on the dotted line (fig) → seine formelle Zustimmung geben, formell zustimmen

(= sprinkle) → verstreuen; a field dotted with flowers → ein mit Blumen übersätes Feld; hotels dotted around the island → über die Insel verstreute Hotels; pictures dotted around the room → im Zimmer verteilte Bilder

to dot somebody one (inf) → jdm eine langen (inf)

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dot [dɒt]

1. n (gen) → punto; (on material) → pois m inv; (stain) → macchiolina; (in punctuation) dots → puntini mpl di sospensione; (morse) dots and dashes → punti mpl e linee fpl
on the dot (fig) → in punto

2. vt (fig) to dot one's i's and cross one's t's → mettere i puntini sulle i
a field dotted with flowers → un campo punteggiato di fiori
they are dotted about the country → sono disseminati per il paese

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dot [dɒt]

1. n (gen) → punto; (on material) → pois m inv; (stain) → macchiolina; (in punctuation) dots → puntini mpl di sospensione; (morse) dots and dashes → punti mpl e linee fpl
on the dot (fig) → in punto

2. vt (fig) to dot one's i's and cross one's t's → mettere i puntini sulle i
a field dotted with flowers → un campo punteggiato di fiori
they are dotted about the country → sono disseminati per il paese

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dot

n dot [dot]

a small, round mark She marked the paper with a dot. stippel نُقْطَه точка tečka prik der Punkt τελεία, βούλα punto punkt, täpp نقطه piste point נְקוּדָה बिन्दु točka pont titik punktur punto 点 점 taškas punkts titik stip, punt prikk, punkt kropka ponto punct точка bodka pika tačka prick, punkt จุด nokta, benek 圓點 крапка نقطہ chấm nhỏ 圆点

adj dotted

1 consisting of dots a dotted line. stippellyn ذو نُقاط пукнтиран tečkovaný punkteret gepunktet στικτός de puntos punktiir- نقطه نقطه؛ نقطه دار piste- pointillé מְנוּקָד बिन्दुओं की रेखा točkasta crta pontozott (vonal) titik-titik punkta- punteggiato 点からなる 점으로 된 taškinis punktēts noktah stippel- prikket, punkt- kropkowany pontilhado punctat пунктирный bodkovaný pikčast tačkast prickad ซึ่งใส่จุด noktalı 由點組成的 пунктирний نقطہ دار dòng có những dấu chấm để viết cái gì 由点组成的

2 having dots dotted material. gespikkeld مُنَقَّط، مليء بالنُّقاط на точки puntíkovaný prikket gepunktet με βούλες, πουά de puntos täpiline خالدار؛ لکه دار pilkullinen à pois מְנוּקָד बिन्दुओं वाला točkast pettyes bintik-bintik deplóttur, doppóttur a pallini 点々のある 점이 있는 taškuotas punktains bintik gestippeld prikket kropkowany pontilhado cu puncte/ buline в крапинку bodkavý pikčast tačkast prickig ที่มีจุด benekli, puanlı 點狀的 с крапками زیر نقطہ có chấm 点状的

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DOT → نقطة puntík prik Punkt κουκκίδα punto täplä point točka punto 点 점 punt punkt kropka ponto точка punkt จุด nokta chấm tròn nhỏ 小圆点