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Meaning of dot

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

dot

Pronunciation:/dɒt//dɑt/

noun

Definitions

  1. A small, round spot.

    Example: a dot of colour

  2. (grammar) A punctuation mark used to indicate the end of a sentence or an abbreviated part of a word; a full stop; a period.

  3. A point used as a diacritical mark above or below various letters of the Latin script, as in Ȧ, Ạ, Ḅ, Ḃ, Ċ.

  4. 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.

verb

Definitions

  1. To cover with small spots (of some liquid).

    Example: His jacket was dotted with splashes of paint.

  2. To add a dot (the symbol) or dots to.

    Example: Dot your is and cross your ts.

  3. To mark by means of dots or small spots.

    Example: to dot a line

  4. To mark or diversify with small detached objects.

    Example: to dot a landscape with cottages

preposition

Definitions

  1. Dot product of the previous vector and the following vector.