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  1. noun A tiny round mark made by or as if by a pointed instrument; a spot.
  2. noun Such a mark used in orthography, as above an i.
  3. noun 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.
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  • But its not semaphore He moves the right pole for a dot, the left for a dash, and both of them for the end of a message. —  141 - Satan Black
  • The capsule veered wildly as the dot changed position, but steadied on a new course when the dot was left on the Nameless Castle. —  The Color of Her Panties
  • Or is it as someone says a easy way to brighten up a slow news day - claim some Hollywood celeb is coming to India or has some random Indian connection just because they happened to wear a Sari or a 'dot' - no sources, but it gives you an excuse to put a picture of ScarJo or some other babe on the first page of the supplement. —  Don't trust the Indian Media!
  • If that were the case, Live Search would be even more competitive, as it switches to the next point on your route as you progress past each 'dot' -- with the mobile version of Google Maps, you must manually advance as you travel. —  CNET News.com
  • The team will be able to tell if a dot is an asteroid because it will shift its position against stars in the background as it moves in its orbit. —  PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories
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speck ·  streak ·  com ·  stripe ·  blur ·  patch ·  bead ·  disk ·  blotch ·  spot ·  spark ·  square

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dot:   dots ·  dotting ·  dotted
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Etymologies (5)

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  1. Middle English *dot, from Old English dott, head of a boil.
  2. French, from Latin dōs, dōt-, dowry; see dō- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Middle English *dot (not found), from Anglo-Saxon dott, a dot, speck (found only once, applied to the speck at the head of a boil); prob. = Dutch dot, “a little bundle of spoiled wool, thread silk or such like, which is good for nothing” (Sewel), = East Friesic, dotte, dot, a clump, Friesic dodd, a clump, = Swedish dial. dott, a little heap, clump. Hence dottle; also (from Anglo-Saxon dott) Anglo-Saxon dyttan, English dit, stop up, plug.
  2. from dot, n.
  3. from French dot = Provencal dot = Spanish Portuguese dote = Italian dote, dota, from Latin dos (dot-), dower: see dote(the properly English form, though now obsolete) and dower.
 

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