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Webster 1913 Edition
Dotted
Dot′ted
,Adj.
Marked with, or made of, dots or small spots; diversified with small, detached objects.
Dotted note
(Mus.)
, a note followed by a dot to indicate an increase of length equal to one half of its simple value; thus, a dotted semibreve is equal to three minims, and a dotted quarter to three eighth notes.
– Dotted rest
, a rest lengthened by a dot in the same manner as a dotted note.
☞ Notes and rests are sometimes followed by two dots, to indicate an increase of length equal to three quarters of their simple value, and they are then said to be double-dotted.
Webster 1828 Edition
Dotted
DOTTED
, pp.1.
Marked with dots or small spots; diversified with small detached objects.2.
In botany, sprinkled with hollow dots or points.