dotted
adjUS /ˈdɑtɪd/ · UK /ˈdɒtɪd/
Etymology From dot + -ed.
1
Of a line Made up of a series of dots.
- Please print your name and address clearly on the dotted line.
2
Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences Usually That contains dots.
- The dotted name java.util.Scanner is the fully qualified name of the Scanner class.2012, Barry A. Burd, Michael Burton, Donn Felker, Java and Android Application Development For Dummies eBook Set:
3
Entertainment, Lifestyle, 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.
- The woods filtered men and the fields became dotted.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:
- 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
- Related terms
- dashed, dash-dotted