doublet en · NOUN · etymology 1
Pronunciation
- /ˈdʌblət/
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
From Middle English doublet, a borrowing from Old French doublet, from double, duble, doble + -et. Equivalent to double + -et (diminutive suffix)
Meanings
- 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). See also Appendix:Glossary#doublet.
- In textual criticism, two different narrative accounts of the same actual event.
- (qualifier:lapidary) An imitation gem made of two pieces of glass or crystal with a layer of color between them.
- (US) A word or phrase set a second time by mistake.
- (qualifier: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.
- A word (or rather, a halfword) consisting of two bytes.
- A very small flowering plant, Dimeresia howellii.
- A word ladder puzzle.
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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.
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 […]
1855, Hermann Schacht, Frederick Currey, The Microscope:
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Either of two dice, each of which, when thrown, has the same number of spots on the face lying uppermost.
to throw doublets
- (obsolete, uncountable) A game somewhat like backgammon.
- Dipole antenna.
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(historical) A man’s waistcoat.
Expression is the dress of thought, and still Appears more decent, as more suitable; A vile conceit in pompous words express'd, Is like a clown in regal purple dress'd: […] These sparks with awkward vanity display What the fine gentleman wore yesterday; And but so mimic ancient wits at best, As apes our grandsires, in their doublets drest.
1711 May, [Alexander Pope], An Essay on Criticism, London: […] W[illiam] Lewis […]; and sold by W[illiam] Taylor […], T[homas] Osborn[e] […], and J[ohn] Graves […], →OCLC, lines 316-19, 327-30:I must comfort the weaker vessel, as doublet and hose ought to show itself courageous to petticoat […]
c. 1598–1600 (date written), William Shakespeare, “As You Like It”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene iv], lines 726-27:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| doublets | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| doubtlet | alternative | lexicographic |
Deriveds
bidoublet · legal doublet · isodoublet · microdoublet · doubletness · Wollaston doublet · interdoublet · Wollaston's doublet · Montrose doublet
Relateds
couple · centuplet · eightfold · twofold · tredecuplet · one of a hundred · heptad · quintuple · one of two · duodecuplet · septet · triplet · one of eight · solo · one of nine · trio · dyad · sevensome · twelvesome · sevenfold · centuple · one of four · ennead · triad · thirteensome · one of twelve · one of three · foursome · ninefold · nonet · multiplet · tenfold · eightsome · homolog · twelvefold · quadruple · septuple · nonuple · sextuplet · pentuple · singleton · elevenfold · quintuplet · tensome · twosome · hundredsome · twin · sixsome · singlet · one of seven · hextuplet · quintet · pentuplet · monad · elevensome · sextet · one of many · duo · troika · thirteenfold · septuplet · heptuplet · octuplet · threefold · one of six · hextuple · one of ten · double · undecuplet · single · loner · one of thirteen · ninesome · hendecuplet · fivefold · octet · octad · one of eleven · only one · quartet · decad · decet · decuplet · pair · quadruplet · sixfold · doublet · one of five · octuple · a hundredfold · fourfold · duodecuple · tredecuple · sextuple · triple · decuple · heptuple · undecuple · fivesome · multiple · nonuplet · threesome · tetrad · hexad · twinling · pentad · hendecuple
Synonyms
duet (pair of two similar things) · dyad
Translations (52)
hu jelentéselkülönülés (pair of cognates in a language) · fi kaksikko (pair of two similar or equal things) · hu szóhasadás (pair of cognates in a language) · hu szövegpár (literature: in textual criticism, two different narrative accounts of the same actual event) · hu azonos tőből származó/eredő szópár (pair of cognates in a language) · hu párhuzamos alak- és jelentésmegoszlás (pair of cognates in a language) · es pareja (pair of two similar or equal things) · cmn 同源異形詞 /同源异形词 (pair of cognates in a language) · nl tweelingwoord (pair of cognates in a language) · pt dobrete (pair of cognates in a language) · pt dupla (pair of two similar or equal things) · cmn 雙式詞 /双式词 (pair of cognates in a language) · fr doublon (pair of two similar or equal things) · sv dubblett (pair of two similar or equal things) · fr doublet (pair of cognates in a language) · it doppietto (pair of cognates in a language) · ru дубле́т (pair of cognates in a language) · hu azonos/közös eredetű/etimológiájú szópár (pair of cognates in a language) · hu kettős lupe (an arrangement of two lenses for a microscope) · da dublet (pair of two similar or equal things) · hu drágakőutánzat (lapidary: an imitation gem made of two pieces of glass or crystal with a layer of color between them) · pl dublet (pair of cognates in a language) · es doblete (pair of cognates in a language) · hu szövegismétlődés (literature: in textual criticism, two different narrative accounts of the same actual event) · hu jelentésmegoszlás (pair of cognates in a language) · hy կրկնակ (pair of cognates in a language) · it doppione (pair of two similar or equal things) · ja 二重語 (pair of cognates in a language) · hu dublett (pair of cognates in a language) · vi điệp thức (pair of cognates in a language) · ca doblet (pair of cognates in a language) · fi pari (pair of two similar or equal things) · nl doublet (pair of cognates in a language) · bg чифт (pair of two similar or equal things) · pl para (pair of two similar or equal things) · cy dybled (pair of cognates in a language) · de Scheideform (pair of cognates in a language) · bg дублет (pair of cognates in a language) · tr eşil (pair of cognates in a language) · pt par (pair of two similar or equal things) · hu zeke ((historical in English) a man’s waistcoat) · it allotropo (pair of cognates in a language) · hu dublé (lapidary: an imitation gem made of two pieces of glass or crystal with a layer of color between them) · es doblete (pair of two similar or equal things) · el ζεύγος (pair of cognates in a language) · hu pár (pair of two similar or equal things) · ru дубле́т (pair of two similar or equal things) · hu kapcsolt lencse (an arrangement of two lenses for a microscope) · ru пара (pair of two similar or equal things) · de Dublette (pair of cognates in a language) · it doppione (pair of cognates in a language) · hu azonos számértékű kocka (either of two dice, each of which, when thrown, has the same number of spots on the face lying uppermost)