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
- Can you email me? blogtours [at] tywebbin dot com.
- If you decide the red dot is the way to go for you read on ....
- Each red dot is a property either in foreclosure or in pre-foreclosure proceedings.
- (I am also fluent in dot-net, but that particular box is a LAMP setup and doesn't use Microsoft web technologies.)
- Each dot is a gene, and the number of links between the dots depends on the similarity of expression patterns of the different genes.
- / * point a la fin * / else if ($testable_str {$butee - 1} = = $dot) $avertissement = array ( "Un point ne peut $et contigu à l'arobase", "A dot cannot be contiguous to the at sign");
- Ionu i agree but as i have seen the red dot is usually enough as some people think they are guns not tasers and quite often they will not take a chance and give up (maybe we should all get laser pens)! on March 5, 2009 at 10: 25 am | Reply Merlin
- Use it all the time for quick notes. dot: To be honest, I find that those fine editors and notepads presented here lately, with all the nice features each of them got, but that don't allow clickable (and working) URLs and email addresses, are outdated in the age of the Internet. radiobob: @dot My notepad. exe replacement of choice has been Metapad.
- : D well, life works in mysterious ways haha. just yesterday i was wishing for some sort of opportunity to get closer to the vj dancers, since i've attended a total of um, 2 practices and most don't even know my name. and today i found out that one of the dancers can't perform for the sajc dance concert on 22 july so i have to learn her part, in a total of 1 1/2 weeks muahaha how the tables have turned, when i spent 3 weeks coaching amanda and shujing to take over my part in the tjc syf dance. and now i have to spend practically every break practicing = maths screwed muahaha. it probably won't go through in the end but anyway i'll just learn in just in case. kinda glad it happened, was tired of sitting around on my butt and eating and not having any physical activity (chop chilli chop * dot dot* during pe does NOT count haha) miss tkgs dance so bad now haha. melcircus at 8: 19 p.m.
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