DOT

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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

Alternative forms

Proper noun

DOT

  1. (US) Initialism of Department of Transportation or Department of Transport.
    • 2020 September 1, Christina Zdanowicz, “When the runway lights failed, Alaska residents used their car headlights to land a medevac plane”, in CNN‎:
      Alaska DOT crews returned to Igiugig on Tuesday to repair the lights, which are now back in service, Dapcevich said.
  2. (Philippines) Initialism of Department of Tourism.

Derived terms

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

See also

Noun

DOT (countable and uncountable, plural DOTs)

  1. Initialism of disodium octaborate tetrahydrate.
  2. (video games) Initialism of damage over time.
    Alternative form: DoT
    Antonym: HOT
  3. (by extension, video games) A weapon or ability that deals damage over time as opposed to or in addition to direct damage.

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