dot : Idioms & Phrases


dot com

  • noun a company that operates its business primarily on the internet using a URL that ends in `.com'
    dot com; dot com company.
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dot com company

  • noun a company that operates its business primarily on the internet using a URL that ends in `.com'
    dot com; dot com company.
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dot matrix

  • noun a rectangular matrix of dots from which written characters can be formed
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dot matrix printer

  • noun a printer that represents each character as a pattern of dots from a dot matrix
    dot matrix printer; matrix printer.
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dot printer

  • noun a printer that represents each character as a pattern of dots from a dot matrix
    dot matrix printer; matrix printer.
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dot product

  • noun a real number (a scalar) that is the product of two vectors
    inner product; scalar product.
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dot-com

  • noun a company that operates its business primarily on the internet using a URL that ends in `.com'
    dot com; dot com company.
  • adjective of or relating to an internet company
    • a dot-com outfit in San Francisco
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dotted gayfeather

  • noun herb with many stems bearing narrow slender wands of crowded rose-lavender flowers; central United States and Canada to Texas and northern Mexico
    Liatris punctata.
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dotted line

  • noun a line made up of dots or dashes; often used to indicate where you are supposed to sign a contract
    • just sign on the dotted line
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dotting pen

Dot"ting pen`
Definitions
  1. See under Pun.
Webster 1913

Fruit dot

  • (Bot.), a collection of fruit cases, as in ferns. See Sorus.
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on the dot

  • adverb just as it should be
    on the nose; exactly; precisely; on the button.
    • `Precisely, my lord,' he said
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polka dot

  • noun design consisting of a pattern of regularly spaced circular spots
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year dot

  • noun as long ago as anyone can remember
    • he has been a conductor since the year dot
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