doubling

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doubling

  1. present participle and gerund of double

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doubling (countable and uncountable, plural doublings)

  1. The process or an instance of making something double; a multiplication by two. [from 14th c.]
    • 1976, June Teufel Dreyer, China's Forty Millions: Minority Nationalities and National Integration in the People's Republic of China‎[1], Harvard University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 242:
      In an article concerning Yunnan, it pointed out that the efforts of the Nuchiang Lisu Autonomous Chou’s party committee had resulted in a doubling of minorities cadres since 1965, and that many of these persons had assumed the first and second positions in leadership squads at different levels.
    • 1994, David C. Schneider, Quantitative Ecology: Spatial and Temporal Scaling, page 36:
      Similitude applies to proportional changes, such as doublings, halvings, or quarterings; it does not apply to additive changes.
  2. The act of turning around, or doubling back. [from 16th c.]
  3. A pleat or fold. [from 17th c.]
  4. (archaic) A trick; double-dealing.

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