pindot
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
pindot (plural pindots)
- A microscopically small dot, comparable to a pinprick.
- 2006, Mary Ellen Hopkins, The It's Okay if You Sit on My Quilt Book, page 1:
- Pindots and polkadots are not the same thing. Pindots are so small, you can't measure their diameter. Pindots, or microdots, have become a mainstay in the last few years.
Derived terms[edit]
Tagalog[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pizət (“squeeze between thumb and finger”). Doublet of pirot.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
pindót (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜒᜈ᜔ᜇᜓᜆ᜔)
- press or pinch using the finger
- (graphical user interface) click (press of a button)
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Further reading[edit]
- “pindot”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
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