Doubling
['dʌblɪŋ]
Definition
(noun.) raising the stakes in a card game by a factor of 2; 'I decided his double was a bluff'.
(noun.) increase by a factor of two; 'doubling with a computer took no time at all'.
Inputed by Errol--From WordNet
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Double
(n.) The act of one that doubles; a making double; reduplication; also, that which is doubled.
(n.) A turning and winding; as, the doubling of a hunted hare; shift; trick; artifice.
(n.) The lining of the mantle borne about the shield or escutcheon.
(n.) The process of redistilling spirits, to improve the strength and flavor.
Typist: Marion
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Fold, plait.[2]. Artifice, trick, shift, stratagem.
Editor: Paula
Examples
- By doubling the pressure we have reduced the volume one half. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- Now, said he, doubling his great, heavy fist into something resembling a blacksmith's hammer, d'ye see this fist? Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- At any rate, she had so many uses for it that its very insufficiency had caused her to play high in the hope of doubling it. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- The hotel was a very small one, and by doubling up we were barely accommodated. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- This arises from the fact that by the doubling of potential the two outside mains are reduced to one-quarter the cross-section otherwise necessary. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Old problems like squaring the circle, trisec ting the angle, and doubling the cube, were now attempted in a new spirit and with fresh vigor. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- He kissed Georgy on the head, and the boy got out, doubling his fists into his eyes, and with the aid of Francis. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
Typist: Rowland