Look up: Doubling


  1. Doubling
    In heraldry the doubling is the lining of the mantle borne about the shield or escutcheon.
    Found op http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/browse/UD.HTM

  2. doubling
    (I) The process of combining two or more strands of ROVING or SLIVER and drawing out the resulting strand. The purpose of this operation is to increase the uniformity of the cotton strand and, ultimately of the YARN made from it. (II) The act of winding two or more strands of YARN onto one PACKAGE w...
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  3. doubling
    [n] - increase by a factor of two 2. [n] - raising the stakes in a card game by a factor of 2
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  4. Doubling
    Printing defect appearing as blurring or shadowing of the image. Doubling may be caused by problems with paper, cylinder alignment, blanket pressures or dirty cylinders.
    Found op http://www.tso.co.uk/solutions/publishingsolutions/printproduction/printglo

  5. Doubling
    An offset printing defect - refers to a second set of dots causing a colour shift in the reproduction.
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20829

  6. Doubling
    Dou'bling noun 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....
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/D/114

  7. doubling
    noun increase by a factor of two; `doubling with a computer took no time at all`
    Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=doubling



  1. Doubling
    • (n.) The process of redistilling spirits, to improve the strength and flavor. • (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. • (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Double • (n.)...
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  2. doubling
    (from the article `naval warfare`) ...individual ships by bringing greatly superior force to bear on each of them in turn. Popular aims were raking (firing a broadside the length of an ...
    Found op http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/d/69

  3. Doubling
    One actor taking more than one part in a play.
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/21207

  4. doubling
    1. increase by a factor of two
    2. raising the stakes in a card game by a factor of 2
    3. increase twofold
    4. hit a two-base hit, in baseball
    5. bend over or curl up, usually with laughter or pain
    6. make or do or perform again

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  5. Doubling
    (i) Two gracenotes preceding a melody note, bracketing a short gracenote at the same pitch as the melody note (thereby doubling the melody note). (ii) A restatement of a variation in piobaireachd. Usually slightly uptempo and simpler in form.
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glossary_of_bagpipe_terms

  6. Doubling
    [psychodrama] In psychodrama, doubling is a technique where a participant, perhaps asked by the psychodrama director, supplements the role (self, role reversal) of the protagonist, usually by standing behind them and saying things that the protagonist might want to say or is withholding. In ...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doubling_(psychodrama)

  7. Doubling
    One actor taking more than one part in a play.
    Found op http://www.britishtheatreguide.info/otherresources/glossary/glosswz.htm

  8. doubling
    1) Multiplication
    Found op http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/EN/crossword-dictionary/doubling/1

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