01 a. Marked with, or made of, dots or small spots; diversified with small, detached objects.
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Marked with, or made of, dots or small spots; diversified with small, detached objects.
Phrases & compounds
Dotted note —
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.