Definition of doublet Doublet
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We found 23 definitions of doublet from 4 different sources.
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What does doublet mean?
WordNet
NounPlural: doublets |
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| doublet - a man's close-fitting jacket; worn during the Renaissance |
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Wiktionary 
- doublet (Noun)
A man’s close-fitting jacket, with or without sleeves. Men in Europe wore doublets from the 1400s to the 1600s. - doublet (Noun)
A pair of two similar or equal things; couple. - doublet (Noun)
One of two or more different words in a language derived from the same origin but coming by different routes e. g. , toucher and toquer in French or yard and garden in English. - doublet (Noun)
In textual criticism, two different narrative accounts of the same actual event. - doublet (Noun)
An imitation gem made of two pieces of glass or crystal with a layer of color between them. - doublet (Noun)
A word or phrase set a second time by mistake. - doublet (Noun)
A quantum state of a system with a spin of 1/2, such that there are two allowed values of the spin component, -1/2 and +1/2. - doublet (Noun)
A word or rather, a halfword consisting of two bytes. - doublet (Noun)
A very small flowering plant, :w:Dimeresia Dimeresia howellii . - doublet (Noun)
A word ladder puzzle. - doublet (Noun)
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. - doublet (Noun)
Either of two dice, each of which, when thrown, has the same number of spots on the face lying uppermost. - doublet (Noun)
A game somewhat like backgammon.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- doublet (a.)
Two of the same kind; a pair; a couple. - doublet (a.)
A word or words unintentionally doubled or set up a second time. - doublet (a.)
A close-fitting garment for men, covering the body from the neck to the waist or a little below. It was worn in Western Europe from the 15th to the 17th century. - doublet (a.)
A counterfeit gem, composed of two pieces of crystal, with a color them, and thus giving the appearance of a naturally colored gem. Also, a piece of paste or glass covered by a veneer of real stone. - doublet (a.)
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. - doublet (a.)
Two dice, each of which, when thrown, has the same number of spots on the face lying uppermost; as, to throw doublets. - doublet (a.)
A game somewhat like backgammon. - doublet (a.)
One of two or more words in the same language derived by different courses from the same original from; as, crypt and grot are doublets; also, guard and ward; yard and garden; abridge and abbreviate, etc.
Part of speech
🔤- doublet, noun, singular of doublets.
