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dot definition - telecom
  1. The shorter of the two signal elements in Morse code telegraphy, created by closing an electrical circuit with a mechanical key for a short period of time. A dot is audible as a brief click or buzz, called a dit by radiotelegraph operators, and is graphically represented as a small round mark. See also dash, Morse code, and telegraph.
  2. Marion Estelle Edison (1873

Webster's New World Telecom Dictionary Copyright © 2008 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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