Laser pointer's creation (3)

I believe the answer is:

dot

(Other definitions for dot that I've seen before include "Internet punctuation mark" , "scatter" , "Shorter of the two signals used in Morse code" , "Long-ago year?" , "Cotton, say" .)

I've seen this clue in the USA Today.

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