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three-spot

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[three-spot] / ˈθriˌspɒt /

noun

  1. a playing card, an upward face of a die, or a domino half bearing three pips.


Example Sentences

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The Dodgers responded to Yates’ latest meltdown with a three-spot in the top of the sixth, punctuated by a two-run double from Rojas.

From Los Angeles Times

Unfazed, King said Roberts told her she’d be playing at the three-spot in place of Jackson and Burrell.

From Los Angeles Times

He qualified 18th in the 20-driver field but will start last because he must serve a three-spot grid penalty earned in F1’s last outing, in China.

From Seattle Times

There was also North Carolina’s three-spot jump to No. 4 after beating rival North Carolina State for its third Atlantic Coast Conference road win in as many tries and blowing out Syracuse at home.

From Seattle Times

These connections to higher-order control regions planted the idea that the three-spot network might be important for merging motor command signals from the homunculus with neural activity for more abstract planning.

From Scientific American