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Webster 1913 Edition


Dotted

Dot′ted

,
Adj.
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.
☞ 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.

Webster 1828 Edition


Dotted

DOTTED

, pp.
1.
Marked with dots or small spots; diversified with small detached objects.
2.
In botany, sprinkled with hollow dots or points.

Definition 2024


dotted

dotted

English

Verb

dotted

  1. simple past tense 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.

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