dit

dɪt

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Definition of dit - Reverso English Dictionary

Noun

communication

TECH.

short signal in Morse code

TECH.

He tapped out a dit to signal 'E'.

dot

signal

information theory

TECH.

logarithmic unit measuring information or entropy

TECH.

The data was measured in dits.

music

Rare

little melody

Rare

She hummed a cheerful dit.

ditty

jingle

tune

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on dit

piece of unverified or informal gossip

The on dit about the celebrity's secret wedding spread quickly.

Origin of dit

Latin, dictare (to say repeatedly)

Examples of dit in a sentence

Each dit and dah was carefully noted.
The engineer calculated the system's efficiency in dits.
Information was quantified in dits for the study.
The composer added a charming dit to the piece.
Every morning, he played a soft dit on the piano.

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French:signal court, dit, ...
German:Dit, Informationsmaß, ...
Italian:punto, dit, ...
Spanish:punto, bit, ...
Portuguese:ponto, dit, ...
Chinese:点, 哈特利, ...
Japanese:ディット, ...
Arabic:نقطة, وحدة معلومات لوغاريتمية, ...
Hebrew:סִימָן קָצָר, דִּיט, ...
Russian:точка, дит, ...
Ukrainian:крапка, діт, ...
Hindi:डिट, छोटी धुन, ...
Bengali:ডিট, তথ্য একক, ...
Catalan:dit, unitat de informació, ...
Czech:tečka, dit, ...
Danish:dit, melodi, ...
Dutch:dit, informatie-eenheid, ...
Greek:ντιτ, μονάδα πληροφορίας, ...
Hungarian:dit, információs logaritmikus egység, ...
Khmer:សញ្ញាចំណុច, ឌីត, ...
Korean:디트, 로그 단위, ...
Persian:دیت, ملودی کوچک, ...
Polish:kropka, dit, ...
Portuguese (BR):ponto, dit, ...
Romanian:punct, dit, ...
Swedish:dit, melodi, ...
Thai:สัญญาณสั้น, ดิต, ...
Turkish:kısa sinyal, dit, ...
Vietnamese:tín hiệu ngắn, đơn vị dit, ...

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