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dit

[dit]
noun
  1. 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.
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Compare dah.

Origin of dit

First recorded in 1935–40
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Examples from the Web for dit

Historical Examples

  • It is a mere on dit, but it would not be strange for Talleyrand to have predicted that issue.

    Talleyrand

    Joseph McCabe

  • "On ne dit plus god-dem, on dit speculation," said my informant.

    Four Years in France

    Henry Digby Beste

  • It don't make a dit of bifference how hard they pull, they're not in the race at all.

    Frank Merriwell at Yale

    Burt L. Standish

  • Not only is he of the British peerage, but he is also, on dit, a leader of the British metal industries.

    Babbitt

    Sinclair Lewis

  • Contre l'expression du monde, il y avait Dieu autrefois, a dit quelqu'un.

British Dictionary definitions for dit

dit

noun
  1. the short sound used, in combination with the long sound dah, in the spoken representation of Morse and other telegraphic codesCompare dot 1 (def. 6)
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