"yot" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: yots [plural]
Etymology: From Greek γιοτ (giot), from German Jot. Doublet of iota. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|el|γιοτ}} Greek γιοτ (giot), {{uder|en|de|Jot}} German Jot, {{doublet|en|iota}} Doublet of iota Head templates: {{en-noun}} yot (plural yots)
  1. The letter Ϳϳ, an uncommon variant of Jj used in Greek linguistics.
    Sense id: en-yot-en-noun-o~j5LzVk Categories (other): English undefined derivations
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

Forms: yots [present, singular, third-person], yotting [participle, present], yotted [participle, past], yotted [past]
Etymology: Probably from an alteration of yet, yote (“to melt, weld”). More at yet, yote. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*ǵʰewd-}} Head templates: {{en-verb}} yot (third-person singular simple present yots, present participle yotting, simple past and past participle yotted)
  1. (dialectal) To unite closely; to fasten; to rivet. Tags: dialectal Synonyms: fay
    Sense id: en-yot-en-verb-~Vwvz-aQ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 21 79 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 24 76 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 17 83
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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