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dit
[dit]
noun
an echoic word, the referent of which is a click or brief tone interval, used to designate the dot of Morse code, International Morse code, etc.
dit
/ ɪ /
noun
the short sound used, in combination with the long sound dah, in the spoken representation of Morse and other telegraphic codes Compare dot 1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of dit1
Example Sentences
Jean Charles dit Yenapono Some, governor of the Cascades region in a statement.
They emit a sound each time his hand makes contact — from the right, a dit, or dot; from the left, a dah, or dash, the building blocks of the Morse code alphabet.
“We started by spending a complete day together in Brussels,” Mr. Lauriot dit Prévost said in their shared, spacious office overlooking the Seine River.
In some parts of the Caribbean, stories begin with call and response with the audience, with the narrator saying in Creole, “E dit kwik?”
Jacques a dit is “Simon Says” in French, by the way.
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