dot
/dɒt//dɑt/noun
Definitions
A small, round spot.
Example: a dot of colour
(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.
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
To cover with small spots (of some liquid).
Example: His jacket was dotted with splashes of paint.
To add a dot (the symbol) or dots to.
Example: Dot your is and cross your ts.
To mark by means of dots or small spots.
Example: to dot a line
To mark or diversify with small detached objects.
Example: to dot a landscape with cottages
preposition
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Dot product of the previous vector and the following vector.