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white spot

white spot noun: originally a white spot on 19th century geographical maps, indicating lack of knowledge, from the German expression "weißer Fleck auf der Landkarte", also known as "blank spot".

Noun

white spot (plural white spots)

  1. originally a white spot on 19th century geographical maps, indicating lack of knowledge, from the German expression "weißer Fleck auf der Landkarte", also known as "blank spot"
  2. (telecoms) a place without coverage
    • TMC coverage is smaller than that of the radio programme carrying the TMC service, therefore white spots do exist.

white spot meaning in Sanskrit

white spot in Sanskrit

a white spot, white substance, anything white
शुक्ल śuklá

Forms of white spot

pluralwhite spots

Questions about white spot

What does white spot mean?
White spot means originally a white spot on 19th century geographical maps, indicating lack of knowledge, from the German expression "weißer Fleck auf der Landkarte", also known as "blank spot".
What is white spot in Sanskrit?
White spot in Sanskrit is शुक्ल (śuklá). See White spot meaning in Sanskrit.
What part of speech is white spot?
White spot is a noun.
What is the plural of white spot?
The plural of white spot is white spots.

Words near white spot in the dictionary

  1. White Sox
  2. white space
  3. white spaces
  4. white Spanish broom
  5. white spirit
  6. white spot
  7. white spot syndrome
  8. white spots
  9. white spruce
  10. white spruces
  11. white squall

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Adapted from Wiktionary: white spot (page history and authors); शुक्ल (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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