doubling

English

Verb

doubling

1. present participle and gerund of double

Noun

doubling (countable and uncountable, plural doublings)

1. The process or an instance of making something double; a multiplication by two. [from 14th c.]
   • 1976, June Teufel Dreyer, China's Forty Millions: Minority Nationalities and National Integration in the People's Republic of China‎^[1], Harvard University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 242:

     In an article concerning Yunnan, it pointed out that the efforts of the Nuchiang Lisu Autonomous Chou’s party committee had resulted in a doubling of minorities cadres since 1965, and that many of these persons had assumed the first and second positions in leadership squads at different levels.

   • 1994, David C. Schneider, Quantitative Ecology: Spatial and Temporal Scaling, page 36:

     Similitude applies to proportional changes, such as doublings, halvings, or quarterings; it does not apply to additive changes.

2. The act of turning around, or doubling back. [from 16th c.]
3. A pleat or fold. [from 17th c.]
4. (archaic) A trick; double-dealing.

Synonyms

• (a multiplication by two): See also Thesaurus:duplication

Derived terms

• dedoubling
• doubling die
• doubling time
• period doubling

Translations

The process or an instance of making something double

• Bulgarian: удвояване n (udvojavane), дублиране (bg) n (dublirane)
• Catalan: desdoblament m
• Dutch: verdubbeling (nl) f
• French: dédoublement (fr) m
• Greek:

  Ancient Greek: διπλασιασμός m (diplasiasmós)

• Italian: raddoppiatura f, sdoppiamento m
• Māori: whakarearuatanga
• Portuguese: desdobramento (pt) m
• Spanish: desdoblamiento (es) m

Anagrams

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