dotting

Noun

dot (plural dots)

1. A small, round spot.
   • a dot of colour

   Synonyms:

   speck, spot

2. A punctuation mark used to indicate the end of a sentence or an abbreviated part of a word; a full stop; a period.
   • The homepage of English Wiktionary is en.wiktionary.org. [read aloud: E-N-dot-wiktionary-dot-org]

   Synonyms:

   full stop, period, point

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.

   Synonyms:

   decimal point

5. In musical notation, a symbol in the form of a small point placed after a note, indicating that its duration is to be augmented by 50%.
6. One of the two symbols used in Morse code.
   • The alphabetical signals are made up of combinations of dots and of lines of different lengths.1838, William Hamilton, “Report on Prof. Morse’s Electro-Magnetic Telegraph”, in Journal of the Franklin Institute

   Synonyms:

   dit

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