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Definition: Doublet |
DoubletNoun1. A man's close-fitting jacket; worn during the Renaissance. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "doublet" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1350. (references) |
Etymology: Doublet \Doub"let\, noun. [In sense, Old French doublet; in sense, French doublet, diminutive of double double. See Double,]. (Websters 1913) |
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Aerospace | 1. In fluid mechanics, a source and a sink of equal strength whose distance apart is zero.2. In spectroscopy, two lines resulting from transitions from the same state. (references) |
Computing | An ordered set of two binary digits. Source: European Union. (references) |
Mathematics | A mathematical concept applicable to the limiting form taken by a source and sink of equal strength, when their respective strengths increase indefinitely as their distance apart along the line joining them(the axis of the doublet)approaches zero in such a manner that the product of strength and distance(the strength of the doublet)remains finite. Source: European Union. (references) |
Mining | An assembled gem substitute composed of two pieces of material fused or cemented together. If both parts are of the species being imitated, it is a genuine doublet; if one part, it is a semigenuine doublet; if it contains no parts of the species being imitated, it is a false doublet; orif no part is a mineral, it is an imitation doublet. CF:triplet. (references) |
Post & Telecom | A hypothetical radiator consisting of a pair of equal and opposite varying electrical charges connected by a conductor, separated by a distance which, for the purpose of calculation, may be assumed to be vanishingly small while still maintaining the moment of the dipole finite. Source: European Union. (references) |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
A doublet is also two words which come from the same root, despite having different meanings. For example: distinguishable and distinguished.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Doublet."
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Clothing | Acket, vest, jerkin, waistcoat, doublet, camisole, gabardine; farthingale, kilt, jupe, crinoline, bustle, panier, skirt, apron, pinafore; bloomer, bloomers; chaqueta, songtag, tablier. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Doublet |
| English words defined with "doublet": Belly doublet ♦ Doublets ♦ Falling band ♦ hose ♦ In-and-in ♦ Paltock, Pourpoint ♦ tights, To thrust through. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "doublet": Birchin Lane ♦ DOG IN A DOUBLET ♦ garnet doublet ♦ Hatton ♦ Rags of Antisthenes. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "doublet": Cawk ♦ Diploblastic ♦ Gambison. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Doublet" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses. French (dipole). |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | François Doublet / C.N. Cochin f. del. 1787. B. Roger sculpt. 1809. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
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Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | As he made his cassock last a very long time, in order that it might not be perceived, he never went out into the city without his violet doublet. |
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| "Doublet" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 95.92% of the time. "Doublet" is used about 49 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 95.92% | 47 | 49,740 |
| Lexical Verb (past participle) | 2.04% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Noun (proper) | 2.04% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 49 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "doublet": Belly doublet ♦ cultured doublet pearl ♦ doublet aerial ♦ doublet byte ♦ doublet pearl ♦ electric doublet ♦ radiating doublet ♦ Wollaston's doublet. Additional references. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
doublet | 119 |
doublet renaissance | 9 |
doublet pattern | 5 |
doublet leather | 4 |
doublet jerkin | 4 |
antenna doublet | 3 |
doublet fencing | 3 |
doublet opal | 3 |
australian doublet opal | 3 |
doublet man | 3 |
doublet medieval | 3 |
clothes doublet | 2 |
doublet eps | 2 |
doublet pattern renaissance | 2 |
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| Language | Translations for "doublet"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | dyshe (couple, double, dyshe), xhamadan, xhaketë e ngushtë me rrip në mes, secila prej dy fjalëve me origjinë të njëjtë, çift (conjugate, couple, couplet, double, duet, match, pair, span, twin, two, twosome). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | صنو أحد شيئين, صدرة ضيقة. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | яке, чифт от две еднакви неща, фалшив скъпоценен камък, вид горен жакет на мъж, дублет, дубликат (counterpart, ditto, double, duplicate), двойна антена. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 双合 (Doublets). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | pár (couple, few, pair, several, some). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | dublet, dipol (dipole, dipole aerial, dipole antenna), elementardipol (infinitesimal dipole, radiating doublet), 2-bit byte (doublet byte, two-bit byte). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | doublet (doublet byte, two-bit byte), dipool (dipole, dipole aerial, dipole antenna), hertz-dipool (infinitesimal dipole, radiating doublet), elementaire elektrische dipool (infinitesimal dipole, radiating doublet), elementaire dipool (infinitesimal dipole, radiating doublet). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | نوعی یل یانیم تنه , کلیجه , لنگه (Bale, Leaf, Match, Mate, Pendant), قرین (Correlate, Counterpart, Like, Peer, Pendant, Tally). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | kuiro, kaksoislähde, alkiodipoli (infinitesimal dipole, radiating doublet). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | doublet électrique (radiating doublet), doublet, dipôle (radiating doublet), terme composé de deux mots (doublet term), pourpoint, justaucorps. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | dublette (duplicate, one-two), Dipol (dipole). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | ζεύγοσ (brace, couple, pair, span, twain, yoke), ζακέτα ανδρόσ, ακτινοβολούν απειροστό δίπολο (infinitesimal dipole, radiating doublet), απειροστό δίπολο (infinitesimal dipole, radiating doublet), διδύφια δυφιοσυλλαβή (doublet byte, two-bit byte), δυφιοδυάδα (doublet byte, two-bit byte), δίπολο Hertz (infinitesimal dipole, radiating doublet). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | חולצ" מ"ו"קת, כפיל (double, lookalike). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | szövegpár. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | doublet, doppione (duplicate), doppia (double), dipolo hertziano (infinitesimal dipole, radiating doublet), dipolo (dipolar molecule, dipole, dipole aerial, dipole antenna). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | doobleid, dooblag. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | oubletday duplicado (counterpart, twofold), doblete, dipolo radiante (infinitesimal dipole, radiating doublet), dipolo (dipole, dipole aerial, dipole antenna), parelhas, gibão (gibbon). (various references) duplicat (counter, counterpart, duplicate, duplication, replica, tally), dublet (duplicate), dublã (double), loviturã dublã, jiletcã (vest, waistcoat). (various references) фальшивый бриллиант (false diamond, rhinestone), копия (carbon copy, cc, copy, counterpart, edition, manifold, repetition, replica, replication, tally, transcript, transcription), парная вещь (twin), пара (couple, dyad, match, pair, pendant, twain, two, two bits, twosome), дублет, дубликат (counterpart, double, dupl duplicate), дуплет (bank shot). (various references) duplikat (copy, counterpart, duplicate), dupla antena. (various references) doblete (infinitesimal dipole, radiating doublet). (various references) dubblett (copy, counterpart, duplicate, two-roomed flat), dipolantenn (dipole, dipole aerial, dipole antenna, infinitesimal dipole, radiating doublet), dipol (dipolar ion, dipole, dipole aerial, dipole antenna, infinitesimal dipole, radiating doublet, zwitterion), tvåbitars ord (doublet byte, two-bit byte), orddubblett, bröllop (double, spousal, wedding, wedding-feast, wedding-party), åtsittande mansjacka. (various references) eskiden giyilen erkek yeleği, eşil, eş (better half, coequal, companion, compeer, consort, correspondent, corresponding, counterpart, couple, duplicate, dutch, equal, fellow, helpmate, helpmeet, husband, identic, identical, iso-, lady, like, match, matching, mate, old lady, old man, old woman, one of a pair, pair, Parti, partner, placenta, spousal, spouse, the missis, the old woman, wife), çiftin teki. (various references) пара (couple, fume, match, pair, pendant, steam, twain, two, twosome, vapor, vapour), дублікат (counterpart, rescript), дуплет. (various references) vạch đôi, nhóm đôi, cặp điện tử. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Words beginning with "doublet": doublethink, doublethinks, doubleton, doubletons, doublets. (additional references) | |
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"Doublet" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Doebley, doubble, doubel, doublen, doubleted, doubleu, doubley, doublt, doult, duble, dublet. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "b-d-e-l-o-t-u" | |
-1 letter: bolted, butled, double, louted. | |
-2 letters: blued, bluet, botel, boule, buteo, butle, debut, doubt, lobed, lubed, luted, outed, toled, tubed. | |
-3 letters: bedu, belt, bled, blet, blot, blue, bode, bold, bole, bolt, bout, bute, debt, delt, dole, dolt, dote, duel, duet, leud, lobe, lode, loud, lout, lube, lude, lute, toed, told, tole, tolu, tube, tule. | |
| Words containing the letters "b-d-e-l-o-t-u" | |
+1 letter: doublets, troubled, unbolted. | |
+2 letters: doubleton, doubtable, doubtless, lobulated, outbawled, outblazed, outbulked, outfabled, quodlibet. | |
+3 letters: clubfooted, doubletons, multilobed, obdurately, outbleated, outblessed, outbloomed, outbluffed, outblushed, outbrawled, outbullied, outclimbed, outfumbled, quodlibets, roundtable, subtotaled, tumbledown, untroubled. | |
+4 letters: absolutized, automobiled, boatbuilder, buttonholed, conductible, demountable, doublethink, doubtlessly, obnubilated, outbalanced, redoubtable, redoubtably, roundtables, subtotalled, thunderbolt, tolbutamide, tuberculoid, unadoptable, undoubtable, undoubtedly. | |
+5 letters: battleground, boatbuilders, confabulated, discountable, documentable, doublethinks, doubtfulness, flutterboard, subeditorial, subthreshold, thunderbolts, tolbutamides. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)44 6F 75 62 6C 65 74 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-.. --- ..- -... .-.. . - |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000100 01101111 01110101 01100010 01101100 01100101 01110100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)D o u b l e t |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0044 006F 0075 0062 006C 0065 0074 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)38818768787186 |
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