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doublet

/ˈdʌblət/

noun

Meaning

  • A pair of two similar or equal things; couple.

  • 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).

  • In textual criticism, two different narrative accounts of the same actual event.

  • (lapidary) An imitation gem made of two pieces of glass or crystal with a layer of color between them.

  • A word or phrase set a second time by mistake.

  • 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.

  • A word (or rather, a halfword) consisting of two bytes.

  • A very small flowering plant, Dimeresia howellii.

  • A word ladder puzzle.

  • 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.

  • Either of two dice, each of which, when thrown, has the same number of spots on the face lying uppermost.

    "to throw doublets"

  • A game somewhat like backgammon.

  • Dipole antenna.

Synonyms

duet,
dyad