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Doublet
Doublet Doub"let, n. [In sense 3, OF. doublet; in sense 4, F. doublet, dim. of double double. See Double, a.] 1. Two of the same kind; a pair; a couple. 2. (Print.) A word or words unintentionally doubled or set up a second time. 3. 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. 4. (Lapidary Work) 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. 5. (Opt.) 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. --W. H. Wollaston. 6. pl. (See No. 1.) Two dice, each of which, when thrown, has the same number of spots on the face lying uppermost; as, to throw doublets. 7. pl. [Cf. Pr. doblier, dobler draughtboard.] A game somewhat like backgammon. --Halliwell. 8. 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.

Meaning of doublet from wikipedia

- Look up doublet in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Doublet is a word derived from the Latin duplus, "twofold, twice as much", and is used to indicate...
- with a simple lens. The most common type of achromat is the achromatic doublet, which is composed of two individual lenses made from gl****es with different...
- A doublet (/ˈdʌblɪt/; derived from the Ital. giubbetta) is a man's snug-****ing jacket that is shaped and ****ed to a man's body. The garment was worn...
- doublet is a type of ****embled gem composed in two sections. It is sometimes used to imitate other, more expensive gems. A garnet and gl**** doublet uses...
- In optics, a doublet is a type of lens made up of two simple lenses paired together. Such an arrangement allows more optical surfaces, thicknesses, and...
- The Doublets (66°25′S 98°40′E / 66.417°S 98.667°E / -66.417; 98.667) are rock outcrops located centrally on the western side of David Island. The feature...
- In quantum mechanics, a doublet is a composite quantum state of a system with an effective spin of 1/2, such that there are two allowed values of the...
- In particle physics, the doublet–triplet (splitting) problem is a problem of some Grand Unified Theories, such as SU(5), SO(10), and E 6 {\displaystyle...
- A gambeson (similar to the aketon, padded jack, pourpoint, or arming doublet) is a padded defensive jacket, worn as armour separately, or combined with...
- doublet is the derivative of the Dirac delta function. It can be used to differentiate signals in electrical engineering: If u1 is the unit doublet,...