microdot
microdot noun: a text or photographic image that has been reduced in size to that of a typographical dot in order to escape detection by unintended recipients.
Noun
microdot (plural microdots)
- A text or photographic image that has been reduced in size to that of a typographical dot in order to escape detection by unintended recipients.
- A small tablet containing lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD).
Verb
microdot (third-person singular simple present microdots, present participle microdotting, simple past and past participle microdotted)
- To mark with a microdot.
- To make into a microdot.
Forms of microdot
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | microdots |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | microdots |
| present participle | microdotting |
| past participle | microdotted |
| past | microdotted |
Origin of microdot
From micro- + dot.
Questions about microdot
- What does microdot mean?
- Microdot means a text or photographic image that has been reduced in size to that of a typographical dot in order to escape detection by unintended recipients.
- What part of speech is microdot?
- Microdot can be a noun or a verb.
- What is the plural of microdot?
- The plural of microdot is microdots.
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