dot-sequential

[ dot-si-kwen-shuhl ]

/ ˌdɒt sɪˈkwɛn ʃəl /

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adjective Television.

of, relating to, or being a color television system that sends and reproduces the primary colors as dots in proper sequence on each scanned line to produce a color picture.

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Origin of dot-sequential

First recorded in 1950–55

Words nearby dot-sequential

do time, doting, dot matrix, dot-matrix printer, dot product, dot-sequential, dotted, dotted line, dotterel, dot the i's and cross the t's, Dottie

How to use dot-sequential in a sentence

Shrubs and small trees dot a parched landscape along the road from Turbat to the border.
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Above the notes of praise is a small photo of Guerin wearing a polka dot tie and pocket square, staring at you like a sociopath.
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It was there, in small type, hosted on some dot-edu domain, looking the way websites did in the mid-1990s.
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Picasso, with his polka-dot shirt and clashing tie attempted an air of bravado, but lost confidence by the minute.
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He drew a series of concentric circles on a page with a single dot—Robert Moses—in the center.
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Though Caroline only brought with her a dot of forty thousand francs, she stood for what was better still, immense possibilities.
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A dot or two, sometimes only one, sometimes as many as five, are thrown in as a rough way of indicating the features.
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Typical "segmenters" present a ring of rounded segments or spores, each with a small, dot-like chromatin mass.
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At three thousand yards a man appears as a mere dot, which is not readily distinguishable.
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All the way the scenery is pretty, but with no very striking features, and villas dot the roadside for a considerable distance.
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