ponto — meaning in English
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English meaning
- blip noun A small, brief signal or dot, such as one seen on a radar screen.
- Dot noun A small, round mark or spot.
- period noun A stretch of time, or a particular era seen as a distinct whole.
- point noun The sharp or narrow end of something.
- Pontus name An ancient region on the southern coast of the Black Sea, also a masculine given name in Scandinavia.
- prompter noun A person, or device such as a teleprompter, that feeds lines to a speaker or performer.
- spot noun A small mark or patch of a different color or texture on a surface.
- stitch noun A single loop of thread made by a needle in sewing, knitting, or in closing a wound.
- stop verb To cease moving or to bring something to a halt.
- suture noun A stitch, or the thread used to make it, that closes a wound or surgical cut.
Senses
ponto is used for these senses in English:
- blip (electronics) A small dot registered on electronic equipment, such as a radar or oscilloscope screen.
- decimal point (orthography, typography) A period/full stop ⟨.⟩ or middot ⟨·⟩ used to set off the decimal or fractional part of a number, traditionally widely used in some countries but not others.
- dot A point used as a diacritical mark above or below various letters of the Latin script, as in Ȧ, Ạ, Ḅ, Ḃ, Ċ.
- full stop (UK, Ireland, Commonwealth) The punctuation mark "." (indicating the end of a sentence or marking an abbreviation).
- period (chiefly, North America) That's final; that's the end of the matter (analogous to a period ending a sentence); end of story.
- period (now, chiefly, North America, Philippines) The punctuation mark “.” (indicating the ending of a sentence or marking an abbreviation).
- point A full stop or other terminal punctuation mark. [from 14th c.]
- point (sports, video games, board games) A unit of scoring in a game or competition. [from 18th c.]
blip — full definition
- noun A small, brief signal or dot, such as one seen on a radar screen.
- noun A minor, temporary change that departs from the normal pattern.
- verb To briefly rev an engine, especially when changing gear.
Dot — full definition
- noun A small, round mark or spot.
- verb To mark with a dot, or to scatter things across an area.