doubling : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: doubling	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for doubling
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
doubling n increase by a factor of two; "doubling with a computer took no time at all" raising the stakes in a card game by a factor of 2; "I decided his double was a bluff" Synonym(s): doubling, double
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Double \Dou"ble\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Doubled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Doubling}.] [OE. doblen, dublen, doublen, F. doubler, fr. L. duplare, fr. duplus. See {Double}, a.] 1. To increase by adding an equal number, quantity, length, value, or the like; multiply by two; to double a sum of money; to double a number, or length. Double six thousand, and then treble that. --Shak. 2. To make of two thicknesses or folds by turning or bending together in the middle; to fold one part upon another part of; as, to double the leaf of a book, and the like; to clinch, as the fist; -- often followed by up; as, to double up a sheet of paper or cloth.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Doubling \Dou"bling\, n. 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.) The lining of the mantle borne about the shield or escutcheon. 4. The process of redistilling spirits, to improve the strength and flavor. {Doubling a cape}, {promontory}, etc. (Naut.), sailing around or passing beyond a cape, promontory, etc.