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DOUBLING
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Raising the stakes in a card game by a factor of 2
Example:
I decided his double was a bluff
Synonyms:
double; doubling
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("doubling" is a kind of...):
raise (increasing the size of a bet (as in poker))
Holonyms ("doubling" is a part of...):
card game; cards (a game played with playing cards)
Derivation:
double (increase twofold)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Increase by a factor of two
Example:
doubling with a computer took no time at all
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural processes
Hypernyms ("doubling" is a kind of...):
multiplication (a multiplicative increase)
Derivation:
double (increase twofold)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
-ing form of the verb double
Context examples:
“Do you mind doubling our bet?” said Berkeley Craven, who was craning his neck to get a glimpse of Jim.
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Her only option was to pay a second contractor (almost doubling her costs) and then take the first contractor to court, a case that is still pending.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
The plasmid containing the d5SICS–dNaM pair was replicated with a fidelity (retention per doubling) of more than 99%, comparable to the error rate of DNA replication with some natural polymerases.
(Expanding the Genetic Alphabet, NIH)
The imbalance can be caused by a genetic doubling of the amount of alpha-synuclein (gene duplication), by an age-related slowing of the breakdown of excess protein, by an increased level of calcium in neurons that are sensitive to Parkinson's, or an associated lack of calcium buffering capacity in these neurons.
(Calcium May Play A Role in Development of Parkinson's Disease, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
Severe preeclampsia associated with any of the following findings: thrombocytopenia (platelets less than 100,000 per microliter), impaired liver function (twice normal elevation of hepatic transaminases; severe, persistent right upper quadrant or epigastric pain), progressive renal insufficiency (serum creatinine greater than 1.1 mg/dL or doubling of baseline in the absence of other renal disease), pulmonary edema, or new-onset cerebral or visual disturbances.
(HELLP Syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)
The bear wandered, now this way and now that, doubling back and forth and crossing his trail in circles, so that at the end he was near where Keesh had first come upon him.
(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)
The expectations of his friend Morland, therefore, from the first overrated, had ever since his introduction to Isabella been gradually increasing; and by merely adding twice as much for the grandeur of the moment, by doubling what he chose to think the amount of Mr. Morland's preferment, trebling his private fortune, bestowing a rich aunt, and sinking half the children, he was able to represent the whole family to the general in a most respectable light.
(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)
The chance came in one of his quick doublings and counter-circlings.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
The study estimated that cotton farmers in China could save more than US$300 million by doubling the density of ladybirds in their fields.
(Study estimates true value of ladybird as biocontrol, SciDev.Net)
White Fang still danced on, dodging and doubling, leaping in and out, and ever inflicting damage.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
