Dot (noun)

  1. A small round mark made by a pen or pencil.
  2. A small, round shape, especially one made by a point or a small circular object.

Origin:

From middle english dot, from old english dott ("spot, dot"), from proto-germanic *duttaz ("spot, dot"), from proto-indo-european *dew- ("to smudge, smear").

Examples:

  1. He put a dot on the map.
  2. The dress had polka dots.
  3. She made a dot on the paper.
  4. The dot on the radar screen indicated the location of the enemy.
  5. The graph had dots showing the data points.
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