dotted

English

Etymology

From dot +‎ -ed.

Pronunciation

• (General American) enPR: dŏtʹĭd, IPA^(key): /ˈdɑtɪd/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈdɒtɪd/

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• Rhymes: -ɒtɪd

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

• dotted bar line
• dotted decimal
• dotted gizzard shad
• dotted line
• dottedness
• dotted note
• dotted quad
• dotted Swiss
• double-dotted
• polka-dotted
• sign on the dotted line
• soft-dotted
• undotted

Translations

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

German: gepunktet (de) Maori: iraira Polish: kropkowany (pl) 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

Russian: усе́янный (ru) (uséjannyj)

See also

• dashed
• dash-dotted