doubling

[dou·ble]

Increase by a factor of two

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The act of one that doubles; a making double; reduplication; also, that which is doubled.

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"


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.


Doubling

Dou"bling , n. 1. The act of one that doubles; a making double; reduplication; also, that which is doubled. 2. A turning and winding; as, the doubling of a hunted hare; shift; trick; artifice. Dryden. 3. (Her.) The lining of the mantle borne about the shield or escutcheon. 4. The process of redistilling spirits, to improve the strength and flavor. Doubling a cape, promontory, etc. (Naut.), sailing around or passing beyond a cape, promontory, etc.

The act of one that doubles; a making double; reduplication; also, that which is doubled.

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Usage Examples

Working on such a big film was amazing. I learned a lot. There weren't too many stunts, just some doubling.

After graduating from flares and platforms in the early 1970s, I started drama school wearing a pair of khaki dungarees with one of my Dad's Army shirts, accessorised by a cat's basket doubling as a handbag. Very Lady Gaga.

Population, when unchecked, goes on doubling itself every 25 years or increases in a geometrical ratio.

Misspelled Form

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Other Usage Examples

Friendship improves happiness and abates misery, by the doubling of our joy and the dividing of our grief.

In a world in which the total of human knowledge is doubling about every ten years, our security can rest only on our ability to learn.

We need leadership. We don't need a doubling down on the failed politics of the past.

I will continue to push for doubling the strength of the U.S. Border Patrol, and to make sure that every cargo container that enters this nation is screened for radiation and potential weapons of mass destruction.

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