Definition of Dotted

1. Adjective. Having a pattern of dots.

Exact synonyms: Flecked, Specked, Speckled, Stippled
Similar to: Patterned

2. Adjective. Having gaps or spaces. "Sign on the dotted line"
Exact synonyms: Dashed
Similar to: Broken

Definition of Dotted

1. a. Marked with, or made of, dots or small spots; diversified with small, detached objects.

Definition of Dotted

1. Verb. (past of dot) ¹

2. Adjective. Of a line, made up of a series of dots. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Dotted

1. dot [v] - See also: dot

Lexicographical Neighbors of Dotted

dotings
dotish
dotless
dotless i
dotless ies
dotmocracy
dotrel
dotriacontane
dotriacontanoic
dotriacontanoic acid
dots
dots per inch
dots the i's and crosses the t's
dottard
dottards
dotted (current term)
dotted bar line
dotted bar lines
dotted decimal
dotted gayfeather
dotted line
dotted the i's and crossed the t's
dotted tongue
dottel
dottels
dotter
dotterel
dotterels
dotters
dottier

Literary usage of Dotted

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1889)
"Compressed spiral springs around w act to draw r and the roll shown in dotted lines, Fig. 1, towards </. The carriage x rests upon and slides over q and r, ..."

2. A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures, and Mines: Containing a Clear Exposition by Andrew Ure (1854)
"872, and of the dotted line E г ; fig. 872 is a vertical section through the dotted line А ... 873 ¡я а vertical section through the dotted line г n of Jig. ..."

3. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1865)
"The normal positions of the impregnated and unimpregnated uterus are shown by the curved dotted lines, and the straight dotted lines show the plane of the ..."

4. Geological Magazine by Henry Woodward (1906)
"The dotted areas are covered by the Conglomerate series, and the lined ones by the Banded Ironstones ... Granite-schist boundaries solid, all others dotted. ..."

5. Surgery, Gynecology & Obstetrics by The American College of Surgeons, Franklin H. Martin Memorial Foundation (1912)
"dotted white lines indicate relative position before operation. Symptomatically cured. referred by prominent internist who had tried all medical and dietary ..."

Other Resources:

Search for Dotted on Dictionary.com!Search for Dotted on Thesaurus.com!Search for Dotted on Google!Search for Dotted on Wikipedia!

Search

Translations