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  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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 
 
  2.  To  mark  or  diversify  with  small  detached  objects;  as  a 
  landscape  dotted  with  cottages. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Dotted  \Dot"ted\,  a. 
  Marked  with  or  made  of  dots  or  small  spots;  diversified 
  with  small  detached  objects. 
 
  {Dotted  note}  (Mus.),  a  note  followed  by  a  dot  to  indicate  an 
  increase  of  length  equal  to  one  half  of  its  simple  value; 
  thus  a  dotted  semibreve  is  equal  to  three  minims,  and  a 
  dotted  quarter  to  three  eighth  notes. 
 
  {Dotted  rest},  a  rest  lengthened  by  a  dot  in  the  same  manner 
  as  a  dotted  note. 
 
  Note:  Notes  and  rests  are  sometimes  followed  by  two  dots,  to 
  indicate  an  increase  of  length  equal  to  three  quarters 
  of  their  simple  value,  and  they  are  then  said  to  be 
  double-dotted. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  dotted 
  adj  1:  having  a  pattern  of  dots  [syn:  {flecked},  {specked},  {speckled}, 
  {stippled}] 
  2:  having  gaps  or  spaces;  "sign  on  the  dotted  line"  [syn:  {dashed}] 




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