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dou⋅blet

  [duhb-lit]
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–noun
1. a close-fitting outer garment, with or without sleeves and sometimes having a short skirt, worn by men in the Renaissance.
2. an undergarment, quilted and reinforced with mail, worn beneath armor.
3. a pair of like things; couple.
4. one of a pair of like things; duplicate.
5. Linguistics. one of two or more words in a language that are derived from the same source, esp. when one is learned while the other is popular, as coy and quiet, both taken from the same Latin word, quiet directly, and coy by way of Old French.
6. Printing. an unintentional repetition in printed matter or proof.
7. doublets, a throw of a pair of dice in which the same number of spots turns up on each die.
8. Jewelry. a counterfeit gem made of two pieces, either of smaller gemstones, inferior stones, or glass. Compare imitation doublet, triplet (def. 6).
9. Optics. a compound lens made of two thin lenses shaped so as to reduce chromatic and spherical aberrations.
Origin:
1300–50; ME < MF. See double, -et
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dou·blet   (dŭb'lĭt)   
n.  

  1. A close-fitting jacket, with or without sleeves, worn by European men between the 15th and 17th centuries.

    1. A pair of similar or identical things.

    2. A member of such a pair.

    3. Physics A multiplet with two members.

  3. Linguistics One of two words derived from the same historical source by different routes of transmission, such as skirt from Scandinavian and shirt from English.

  4. An imitation gem composed of two parts, as of an inferior stone layered beneath a precious gem.

  5. doublets Games A throw of two dice in which the same number of dots appears on the upper face of each.


[Middle English, from Old French, diminutive of double, double; see double.]
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: dou·blet
Pronunciation: 'd&b-l&t
Function: noun
1 : something consisting of two identical or similar parts: as a : a lens consisting of two components b : a spectrum line having two close components
2 : a set of two identical or similar things; especially : one of nine pairs of microtubules found in cilia and flagella
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doublet dou·blet (dŭb'lĭt)
n.
A pairing of two lenses to optically correct a chromatic and spherical aberration.

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doublet

chief upper garment worn by men from the 15th to the 17th century. It was a close-fitting, waisted, padded jacket worn over a shirt. Its ancestor, the gipon, was a tunic worn under armour, and at first it came down almost to the knees. The civilian doublet at first had skirts but gradually lost them. It had no collar until 1540, allowing the shirt to be seen at the neck; the shirt was also visible through slashes or pinking in the material.

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