black dot

collocation in English

meaningsofblackanddot

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black
adjective
uk
/blæk/us
/blæk/
having the darkest colour there is, like the colour of coal or of a very ...
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dot
noun
uk
/dɒt/us
/dɑːt/
a very small ...
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(Definition ofblackanddotfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofblack dot

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Theblackdotrepresents the light source.
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The tracks start with a largeblackdot.
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A centralblackdotwas used as fixation point.
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The line pointing away from theblackdotindicates the direction of the velocity.
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In this schema, ablackdotrepresents a tuple of the constraint.
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Unexplored stars are marked with ablackdotand stars that have been visited are marked by a purple cross.
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A ship appears on the horizon, at first it is only a "tinyblackdot" approaching slowly and growing bigger.
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When the host survives, the encapsulated egg is usually visible in the abdomen as ablackdot.
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Next to it and merging with it is a disc representing a three-year-old infection: two shades of red dots surrounding one centralblackdot.
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The patient was asked to fixate theblackdotin the middle and report the color of the white square after the green surround was switched off.
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Other critics use ablackdot.
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A secondblackdotwas moving toward the first one.
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There is an innerblackdotin the patch.
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There is ablackdotin the inner lower area.
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The first one is more rare, and has a solidblackdoton the disc.
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The hindwings are grey, with a smallblackdotat the top of all lobes.
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They have ablackdoton the edge bordering the hindwings.
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There is ablackdotpresent near the middle of each wing.
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There is generally ablackdoton the joint of the top under the bridge.
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The forewings are brown with longitudinal stripes and ablackdotnear the centre.
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The top bar is the 20m-per-square scale, with everyblackdotdenoting one mile.
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Theblackdotcan be used as an aid to kickers with their aiming.
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It had a 24 fret maple fingerboard withblackdotinlays.
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Pottu is the application of ablackdotkept on the forehead.
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The note also has ablackdotwhich would help the blind recognise the note.
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