dotted

English

Etymology

dot +‎ -ed

Pronunciation

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Verb

dotted

1. simple past and past participle of dot

Adjective

dotted (comparative more dotted, superlative most dotted)

1. (of a line) Made up of a series of dots.

   Please print your name and address clearly on the dotted line.

2. (usually computing) That contains dots.
   • 2012, Barry A. Burd, ‎Michael Burton, ‎Donn Felker, Java and Android Application Development For Dummies eBook Set

     The dotted name java.util.Scanner is the fully qualified name of the Scanner class.

3. (music, of notes and rests) With a dot after, increasing the value of the duration by half of the basic note.
4. (figurative) Covered with irregularly scattered objects.
   • 1895 October, Stephen Crane, chapter XI, in The Red Badge of Courage: An Episode of the American Civil War, New York, N.Y.: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC, page 107:

     The woods filtered men and the fields became dotted.

Derived terms

• sign on the dotted line

Translations

(of a line) made up of a series of dots

• German: gepunktet (de)
• Maori: iraira
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• Russian: пункти́рный (ru) (punktírnyj), то́чечный (ru) (tóčečnyj)
• Spanish: punteado (es)

(computing) that contains dots

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(of music notes and rests) with a dot after

• Greek: παρεστιγμένος (el) (parestigménos)
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(figurative} covered with irregularly scattered objects

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See also

• dashed