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dit

[ dit ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

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

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Origin of dit¹

First recorded in 1935–40

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Jean Charles dit Yenapono Some, governor of the Cascades region in a statement.

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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.

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“We started by spending a complete day together in Brussels,” Mr. Lauriot dit Prévost said in their shared, spacious office overlooking the Seine River.

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In some parts of the Caribbean, stories begin with call and response with the audience, with the narrator saying in Creole, “E dit kwik?”

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Jacques a dit is “Simon Says” in French, by the way.

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