English Explanatory Dictionary

doublet

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A pair of two similar or equal things; couple.
  2. One of two or more different words in a language derived from the same etymological root but having different phonological forms (e.g., toucher and toquer in French or shade and shadow in English). See also Appendix:Glossary#doublet.
  3. In textual criticism, two different narrative accounts of the same actual event.
  4. An imitation gem made of two pieces of glass or crystal with a layer of color between them.
  5. A word or phrase set a second time by mistake.
  6. A quantum state of a system with a spin of ½, such that there are two allowed values of the spin component, −½ and +½.
  7. A word (or rather, a halfword) consisting of two bytes.
  8. A very small flowering plant, Dimeresia howellii.
  9. A word ladder puzzle.
  10. An arrangement of two lenses for a microscope, designed to correct spherical aberration and chromatic dispersion, thus rendering the image of an object more clear and distinct.
  11. Either of two dice, each of which, when thrown, has the same number of spots on the face lying uppermost.
  12. A game somewhat like backgammon.
noun
  1. A man’s close-fitting jacket, with or without sleeves, worn by European men from the 1400s to the 1600s.

Pronunciation

/ˈdʌblət/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-doublet.wav

Word forms

doublet doublets doubtlet

Etymology

From Middle English doublet, a borrowing from Old French doublet, from double, duble, doble + -et. Equivalent to double + -et (diminutive suffix)

Synonyms

dyad duet

Related words

homolog pair twin twinling single solo double twofold triple threefold quadruple fourfold quintuple pentuple fivefold loner singleton monad couple twosome duo dyad trio threesome triad troika foursome quartet tetrad fivesome quintet pentad only one singlet one of two doublet triplet one of three quadruplet one of four quintuplet pentuplet one of five sextuple hextuple sixfold septuple heptuple sevenfold octuple eightfold ninefold nonuple tenfold decuple sixsome sextet hexad sevensome septet

Derived words

bidoublet doubletness interdoublet isodoublet legal doublet microdoublet Montrose doublet Wollaston doublet Wollaston's doublet doubleted doubletted

Translations

Hungarian: zeke
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