dotted

dotted

English

Etymology

dot +‎ -ed

Pronunciation

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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.

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. (figuratively) Covered with irregularly scattered objects.
   • 1895 October 1, Stephen Crane, chapter 11, in The Red Badge of Courage, 1st US edition, New York: D. Appleton and Company, 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

Russian: пункти́рный (ru) (punktírnyj), то́чечный (ru) (tóčečnyj) Spanish: punteado (es)

(computing) that contains dots

(of music notes and rests) with a dot after

Greek: παρεστιγμένος (el) (parestigménos)

(figurative} covered with irregularly scattered objects

See also

• dashed