DIT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does dit mean? 

• DIT (noun)
  The noun DIT has 1 sense:

1. the shorter of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code

  Familiarity information: DIT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DIT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The shorter of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

dit; dot

Hypernyms ("dit" is a kind of...):

radiotelegraphic signal; telegraphic signal (a signal transmitted by telegraphy)

Holonyms ("dit" is a part of...):

international Morse code; Morse; Morse code (a telegraph code in which letters and numbers are represented by strings of dots and dashes (short and long signals))

 Context examples 

J'ai dit qu'oui: car c'est vrai, n'est-ce pas, mademoiselle?

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

It was cashed at the Crédit Lyonnais at Montpellier less than three weeks ago.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Yes, and she just used to say it in this way: 'Qu' avez vous donc? lui dit un de ces rats; parlez!' She made me lift my hand—so—to remind me to raise my voice at the question.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)