dot

English

/dɒt/, /dɑt/

noun
Definitions
  • 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) A dot ball.
  • (MLE) buckshot, projectile from a "dotty" or shotgun

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English *dot inherited from Old English dott (a dot, point) inherited from Proto-Germanic *duttaz (wisp).

Origin

Proto-Germanic

*duttaz

Gloss

wisp

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