Dot (noun)
A small spot.
“a dot of colour”
Dot (noun)
A abbreviated part of a word; a full stop; a period.
Dot (noun)
A point used as a diacritical mark above or below various letters of the Latin script, as in Ȧ, Ạ, Ḅ, Ḃ, Ċ.
Dot (noun)
A symbol used for separating the fractional part of a decimal number from the whole part, for indicating multiplication or a scalar product, or for various other purposes.
Dot (noun)
One of the two symbols used in Morse code.
Dot (noun)
A lump or clot.
Dot (noun)
Anything small and like a speck comparatively; a small portion or specimen.
“a dot of a child”
Dot (noun)
A dot ball.
Dot (noun)
buckshot, projectile from a “dotty” or shotgun
Dot (noun)
A dowry.
Dot (verb)
To cover with small spots (of some liquid).
“His jacket was dotted with splashes of paint.”
Dot (verb)
To add a dot (the symbol) or dots to.
“Dot your is and cross your ts.”
Dot (verb)
To mark by means of dots or small spots.
“to dot a line”
Dot (verb)
To mark or diversify with small detached objects.
“to dot a landscape with cottages”
Dot (verb)
To punch (a person).
Dot (preposition)
Dot product of the previous vector and the following vector.
“The work is equal to F dot Δx.”
Period (noun)
A length of time. from 17th c.
“There was a period of confusion following the announcement.”
“You’ll be on probation for a six-month period.”
Period (noun)
A period of time in history seen as a single coherent entity; an epoch, era. from 16th c.
“Food rationing continued in the post-war period.”
Period (noun)
The punctuation mark “.” (indicating the ending of a sentence or marking an abbreviation).
Period (noun)
The length of time during which the same characteristics of a periodic phenomenon recur, such as the repetition of a wave or the rotation of a planet. from 17th c.
Period (noun)
Female menstruation. from 18th c.
“When she is on her period, she prefers not to go swimming.”
Period (noun)
A section of an artist’s, writer’s (etc.) career distinguished by a given quality, preoccupation etc. from 19th c.
“This is one of the last paintings Picasso created during his Blue Period.”
Period (noun)
Each of the divisions into which a school day is split, allocated to a given subject or activity. from 19th c.
“I have math class in second period.”
Period (noun)
Each of the intervals into which various sporting events are divided. from 19th c.
“Gretzky scored in the last minute of the second period.”
Period (noun)
The length of time for a disease to run its course. 15th-19th c.
Period (noun)
An end or conclusion; the final point of a process etc. from 16th c.
Period (noun)
A complete sentence, especially one expressing a single thought or making a balanced, rhythmic whole. from 16th c.
Period (noun)
A specific moment during a given process; a point, a stage. 17th-19th c.
Period (noun)
A row in the periodic table of the elements. from 19th c.
Period (noun)
A Appendix: Geologic timescale.
Period (noun)
A Drosophila gene, the gene product of which is involved in regulation of the circadian rhythm.
Period (noun)
Two antecedent and a consequent phrase).
Period (noun)
The length of an interval over which a periodic function, periodic sequence or repeating decimal repeats; often the least such length.
Period (noun)
End point, conclusion.
Period (adjective)
Designating anything from a given historical era.
“a period car”
“a period TV commercial”
Period (adjective)
Evoking, or appropriate for, a particular historical period, especially through the use of elaborate costumes and scenery.
Period (interjection)
That’s final; that’s the end of the matter (analogous to a period ending a sentence).
“I know you don’t want to go to the dentist but your teeth need to be checked, period!”
Period (verb)
To come to a period; to conclude.
Period (verb)
To put an end to.
Dot (noun)
a small round mark or spot
“a symbol depicted in coloured dots”
Dot (noun)
a small round mark written or printed as part of an i or j, as one of a series of marks to signify omission, or as a full stop.
Dot (noun)
a small round mark used to denote the lengthening of a note or rest by half, or to indicate staccato.
Dot (noun)
the shorter signal of the two used in Morse code.
Dot (noun)
used to refer to an object that appears tiny because it is far away
“they were mere dots on the horizon now”
Dot (noun)
used to indicate the punctuation separating parts of an email or website address
“OUP dot com”
Dot (noun)
a dowry from which only the interest or annual income was available to the husband.
Dot (verb)
mark with a small spot or spots
“wet spots of rain began to dot his shirt”
Dot (verb)
(of a number of items) be scattered over (an area)
“churches dot the countryside”
“there appear to be a number of airfields dotted about”
Dot (verb)
place a dot over (a letter)
“you need to dot the i”
Dot (verb)
mark (a note or rest) to show that the time value is increased by half
“you can turn a reel into a hornpipe by slowing it down a bit and dotting the quavers”
Dot (verb)
hit (someone)
“‘You want to dot him one,’ he said”