Doublet

Quick meaning: Doublet is a noun meaning A pair of two similar or equal things; couple.

Meaning

A pair of two similar or equal things; couple.

More Meanings

1. (literature) In textual criticism, two different narrative accounts of the same actual event.
2. (lapidary) An imitation gem made of two pieces of glass or crystal with a layer of color between them.
3. (printing, US) A word or phrase set a second time by mistake.
4. (quantum mechanics) 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.
5. (computing) A word (or rather, a halfword) consisting of two bytes.
6. (botany) A very small flowering plant, Dimeresia howellii.
7. (linguistics) 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.

Example Sentences

to throw doublets

Lord Hamlet, with his doublet all unbraced […]

I must comfort the weaker vessel, as doublet and hose ought to show itself courageous to petticoat […]

The doublet generally used is that invented by Dr. Wollaston, and consists of two plano-convex lenses placed with their convex sides towards the eye […]

Word Forms

• doublets
• doubtlet

Synonyms for doublet

Depending on context, synonyms include duet, dyad.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include pair, couple, duet, duplet, dyad, couplet.

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