nokta — meaning in English

English meaning

• 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.
• switch noun A device used to turn an electrical circuit on or off.

Senses

nokta is used for these senses in English:

• dot Anything small and like a speck comparatively; a small portion or specimen.
• full stop (UK, Ireland, Commonwealth) The punctuation mark "." (indicating the end of a sentence or marking an abbreviation).
• nuqta A diacritic used in the Devanagari, Gurmukhi, and other Indian scripts for sounds not present in the original scripts, including sounds borrowed from Arabic, Persian, and English.
• period (now, chiefly, North America, Philippines) The punctuation mark “.” (indicating the ending of a sentence or marking an abbreviation).
• point (sports, video games, board games) A unit of scoring in a game or competition. [from 18th c.]
• switch (rail transport, US, Philippines) A movable section of railroad track which allows the train to be directed down one of two destination tracks; (set of) points.

Dot — full definition

1. noun A small, round mark or spot.
2. verb To mark with a dot, or to scatter things across an area.

period — full definition

1. noun A stretch of time, or a particular era seen as a distinct whole.
2. noun The punctuation mark "." used to end a sentence or mark an abbreviation.
3. noun A monthly episode of menstruation.
4. noun One of the timed segments a game, class, or match is divided into.
5. intj Used to show a statement is final, with nothing more to add.

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