"to the dot" meaning in English

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          "text": "Easy bearings to carry—three South—three to the dot;",
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          "text": "At twelve to the dot Howard Burroughs was shown into the little morning room",
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          "text": "Eleven-thirty to the dot. The good old Amelia that brought Madame Helena to us.",
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