Meanings
nounmicrodot (plural microdots)
plural microdots
- A text or photographic image that has been reduced in size to that of a typographical dot in order to escape detection by unintended recipients.
- informalA small tablet containing lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD).
verbmicrodot (third-person singular simple present microdots, present participle microdotting, simple past and past participle microdotted)
present singular third person microdots · participle present microdotting · participle past microdotted · past microdotted
- transitiveTo mark with a microdot.
- transitiveTo make into a microdot.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*mey-der.?
- Ancient Greekμῑκρός (mīkrós)
- Ancient Greekμῑκρο- (mīkro-)
- Englishmicro-
- Englishdot
- Englishmicrodot
Translations
Dutch microdot
- microdotimage that has been reduced in size to that of a dot
French micropoint
- micropointimage that has been reduced in size to that of a dot
German Mikropunkt
- Mikropunktimage that has been reduced in size to that of a dot
Polish mikrokropka
- mikrokropkaimage that has been reduced in size to that of a dot
Russian микроточка
- микроточка (mikrotočka)image that has been reduced in size to that of a dot
Cite this entry
APA
microdot. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/microdot
MLA
“microdot.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/microdot. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “microdot,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/microdot.
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