DOT

See also: Appendix:Variations of "dot"

Translingual

Symbol

DOT

1. (international standards) Unofficial non-ISO 4217 currency code for the cryptocurrency Polkadot.

Usage notes

This code conflicts with the currency coding standardization rules in ISO 4217, as currency codes beginning with DO are reserved for the Dominican Republic, due to that being its ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code.

English

Proper noun

DOT

1. Initialism of Department of Transportation or Department of Transport.

Alternative forms

• D.O.T., D. O. T., DoT

Derived terms

• ADOT (Arizona)
• ALDOT (Alabama)
• FDOT (Florida)
• MDOT (Michigan)
• MnDOT (Minnesota)
• NDOT (Nevada)
• NYCDOT (New York City)
• NYSDOT (New York State)
• VDOT (Virginia)
• WisDOT (Wisconsin)
• WSDOT (Washington State)

 

Related terms

• MOT (“Ministry of Transport (test)”)

Noun

DOT (countable and uncountable, plural DOTs)

1. Initialism of disodium octaborate tetrahydrate.
2. (video games) Initialism of damage over time.

   Antonym: HOT

   Alternative form: DoT

3. (by extension, video games) A weapon or ability that deals damage over time as opposed to or in addition to direct damage.

Anagrams

• DTO, ODT, OTD, TOD, Tod, tod