dot
IPA: dˈɑt
noun
- A small, round spot.
- (grammar) A punctuation mark used to indicate the end of a sentence or an abbreviated part of a word; a full stop; a period.
- A point used as a diacritical mark above or below various letters of the Latin script, as in Ȧ, Ạ, Ḅ, Ḃ, Ċ.
- (mathematics) 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.
- One of the two symbols used in Morse code.
- (obsolete) A lump or clot.
- Anything small and like a speck comparatively; a small portion or specimen.
- (cricket, informal) A dot ball.
- (MLE) buckshot, projectile from a "dotty" or shotgun
- (US, Louisiana) A dowry.
- A diminutive of the female given name Dorothy
- (by extension, video games) A weapon or ability that deals damage over time as opposed to or in addition to direct damage.
- (MLE) Clipping of dotty (“shotgun”). [(MLE) A shotgun.]
- Initialism of Department of Transportation or Department of Transport.
- Initialism of disodium octaborate tetrahydrate.
- (video games) Initialism of damage over time.
- (video games) Alternative spelling of DOT [(by extension, video games) A weapon or ability that deals damage over time as opposed to or in addition to direct damage.]
verb
- (transitive) To cover with small spots (of some liquid).
- (transitive) To add a dot (the symbol) or dots to.
- To mark by means of dots or small spots.
- To mark or diversify with small detached objects.
- (colloquial) To punch (a person).
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Examples of "dot" in Sentences
- She knows the superstition of the black dot.
- The black dots are the centres of the orbits.
- The dotted line indicates the destroyed parts.
- The dot is in the approximate location of Abilene.
- The optical dot gain is the perimeter of the points.
- The clean harmonic optimum is on the dotted positions.
- The dotted line represents the normal to the boundary.
- The dots are present on the head and extends to the snout.
- The landscape is flat, monotonous and dotted with settlements.
- The direction of movement of the luminous dot is changed in each mounting spot.