variants:
or dot-dash \
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Definition of dot-and-dash
(Entry 1 of 2)
1
: formed of or as if of alternating dots and dashes
run a dot-and-dash line across the sheet
2
: consisting of or using an alphabet made up of dots and dashes as signals for communicating
secret conversations by means of long and short muscular movements in the Morse dot-and-dash system
dot-and-dash
transitive verb
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variants:
or dot-dash \
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Definition of dot-and-dash (Entry 2 of 2)
1
: to mark with a succession of dots and dashes
2
: to convey by means of a dot-and-dash system
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