Dot vs Scintilla - What's the difference?
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A small spot.
(grammar) A punctuation mark used to indicate the end of a sentence or an abbreviated part of a word; a full stop; a period.
A diacritical mark comprised of a small opaque circle above or below any of various letters of the Latin script. Examples include: ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, etc.
(mathematics) A symbol used for separating the fractional part of a decimal number from the whole part, for indicating multiplication or a scalar product, or for various other purposes.
One of the two symbols used in Morse code.
(obsolete) A lump or clot.
Anything small and like a speck comparatively; a small portion or specimen.
(cricket, informal) A dot ball.
To cover with small spots (of some liquid).
To add a dot (the symbol) or dots to.
To mark by means of dots or small spots.
To mark or diversify with small detached objects.
Dot product of the previous vector and the following vector.
(US, Louisiana) A dowry.
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* 1927 , Anna Bowman Dodd, Talleyrand: the Training of a Statesman :
A small spark or flash.
* 1890 , Philosophical Magazine ,
A small or trace amount.
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Dot is a related term of scintilla.
As an acronym dot
is department of transportation.As a noun scintilla is
a small spark or flash.dot
English
(wikipedia dot)Etymology 1
From (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)- a dot of colour
- a dot of a child
Synonyms
* (small spot) speck, spot * (at the end of a sentence or abbreviation) full stop (British), period (US), point * (as a diacritic) tittle (over the letters i and j) * (sense) decimal point * (in Morse code) ditDerived terms
(terms derived from dot) * centered dot, centred dot * connect the dots * dotcom * dot matrix * dot matrix printer * dot product * dottel * dottle * dotty * join the dots * middle dot * off one's dot * on the dot * polka dot * the year dotVerb
(dott)- His jacket was dotted with splashes of paint.
- Dot your i''s and cross your ''t s.
- to dot a line
- to dot a landscape with cottages
Derived terms
* dot do dot * dot the i's and cross the t'sPreposition
(English prepositions)- The work is equal to F dot ?x.
Coordinate terms
* *Etymology 2
From (etyl) dot.Alternative forms
* doteNoun
(en noun)- "Have you the pictures still?" I asked.
- "Yes; I am keeping them till my daughter is of marriageable age, and then I shall sell them. They will be her dot ."
- As a bride, Madame de Talleyrand had brought a small dot of fifteen thousand francs to the family fund.
Anagrams
* ----scintilla
English
(wikipedia scintilla)Noun
(en-noun)page 364,
- If the action of the electrodynamic waves is so violent that, even without artificial electrification of the secondary conductor, scintillæ occur in its spark-gap, the aluminium leaves remain almost without change.
- And, if I except the sagacious remark of General Duane which has been so curtly brushed aside, not a scintilla of light has been cast upon these causes by any researches ever published by the Lighthouse Board of Washington.
- Now, it may be we have no scintilla of proof to the contrary, but reason is unnecessary in reference to that belief which is of all the most settled, which nobody doubts or can doubt, and which he who should deny would stultify himself in so doing.
- Current medical practice recommends use of heroic measures if there is a scintilla of a chance that the patient will recover, on the assumption that the measures will be discontinued should the patient improve.
