dot

11 definitions found

dot - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Dot \Dot\ (d[o^]t), n. [F., fr. L. dos, dotis, dowry. See
     Dower, and cf. Dote dowry.] (Law)
     A marriage portion; dowry. [Louisiana]
     [1913 Webster]

  Dot \Dot\, n. [Cf. AS. dott small spot, speck; of uncertain
     origin.]
     1. A small point or spot, made with a pen or other pointed
        instrument; a speck, or small mark.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Anything small and like a speck comparatively; a small
        portion or specimen; as, a dot of a child.
        [1913 Webster]

  Dot \Dot\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dotted; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Dotting.]
     1. To mark with dots or small spots; as, to dot a line.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To mark or diversify with small detached objects; as, a
        landscape dotted with cottages.
        [1913 Webster]

  Dot \Dot\, v. i.
     To make dots or specks.
     [1913 Webster] DOT
     DoT

  DoT \DoT\, DOT \DOT\, DOT \D.O.T.\(d[=e]"[=o]*t[=e]`), prop. n.
     The United States Department of Transportation. [acronym]
  
     Note: The Department of Transportation promulgates standards
           for the strength of shipping containers, and this
           abgreviation is often seen on cardboard boxes.
           [1913 Webster]

dot - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  dot
      n 1: a very small circular shape; "a row of points"; "draw lines
           between the dots" [syn: point, dot]
      2: the United States federal department that institutes and
         coordinates national transportation programs; created in 1966
         [syn: Department of Transportation, Transportation,
         DoT]
      3: the shorter of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code
         [syn: dot, dit]
      4: street name for lysergic acid diethylamide [syn: acid,
         back breaker, battery-acid, dose, dot, Elvis,
         loony toons, Lucy in the sky with diamonds, pane,
         superman, window pane, Zen]
      v 1: scatter or intersperse like dots or studs; "Hills
           constellated with lights" [syn: dot, stud,
           constellate]
      2: distribute loosely; "He scattered gun powder under the wagon"
         [syn: scatter, sprinkle, dot, dust, disperse]
      3: make a dot or dots
      4: mark with a dot; "dot your `i's"

dot - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 May 2007) :

  dot
  
     <character> decimal point.
  
     See also dot file, dot notation.
  
     (1995-03-14)
  

dot - V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (June 2006) :

  DOT
         Dynamic Overclocking Technology (FSB, MCI), "D.O.T."
         

  DOT
         Dynamic Overclocking Tool (graphic, MSI), "D.O.T."
         

dot - Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) :

  DOT. This French word is adopted in Louisiana. It signifies the fortune, 
  portion, or dowry, which a woman brings to her husband by the marriage. 6 N. 
  S. 460. See Dote; Dowry. 
  
  

dot - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  232 Moby Thesaurus words for "dot":
     accent, accent mark, ace, appanage, atom, band, bar, bespangle,
     bespeckle, bespot, besprinkle, birthmark, bit, blaze,
     blaze a trail, blemish, blotch, brand, bread, cancel, caste mark,
     chalk, chalk up, character, check, check off, checker, checkmark,
     cicatrix, cicatrize, crumb, custos, cut, dab, dapple, dappledness,
     dappleness, dash, define, delimit, demarcate, direct, discolor,
     discoloration, dole, dottedness, dower, dowry, dram, dredge,
     dribble, driblet, drop, droplet, dust, dwarf, earmark, endowment,
     engrave, engraving, expression mark, farthing, fermata, flake,
     fleck, flick, flour, flyspeck, foundation, fragment, freckle,
     freckliness, gash, gnat, gobbet, grain, granule, graving, groat,
     hack, hair, handful, harlequin, hatch, hold, impress, imprint,
     investment, iota, iris, jointure, jot, key signature, lead,
     legal jointure, lentigo, ligature, line, little, little bit,
     macula, maculate, maculation, macule, make a mark, marble,
     marbleize, mark, mark off, mark out, marking, marriage portion,
     measure, metronomic mark, microbe, microorganism, midge, minim,
     minimum, minutia, minutiae, mite, modicum, mole, molecule, mote,
     motley, mottle, mottledness, nevus, nick, notation, notch,
     nutshell, ounce, particle, patch, pause, pebble, pencil, pepper,
     pimple, pinch, pinhead, pinpoint, pittance, point, pointillage,
     pointillism, polka dot, polychrome, polychromize, portion, powder,
     presa, prick, print, punch, punctuate, puncture, rainbow, riddle,
     scar, scarification, scarify, score, scotch, scrap, scratch,
     scratching, scruple, seal, seam, segno, settlement, sign,
     signature, slur, smidgen, smitch, snip, snippet, spangle, spatter,
     speck, speckle, speckliness, splash, splatter, splotch, spoonful,
     spot, spottedness, spottiness, sprinkle, stain, stamp, stigma,
     stigmatize, stipple, stippledness, stippling, strawberry mark,
     streak, striate, stripe, stud, swell, symbol, tattoo, tattoo mark,
     tempo mark, tessellate, thimbleful, thirds, tick, tick off, tie,
     time signature, tiny bit, tittle, trace, trifling amount, trivia,
     underline, underscore, vanishing point, variegate, vein, vinculum,
     watermark, whit