doublet
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1. doublet - Noun
2. doublet - Adjective
Meaning
Two of the same kind; a pair; a couple.
A word or words unintentionally doubled or set up a second time.
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.
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.
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.
Two dice, each of which, when thrown, has the same number of spots on the face lying uppermost; as, to throw doublets.
A game somewhat like backgammon.
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.
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According to medieval clothing expert Adrien Harmand, she wore two layers of hosen or "pants" ("trousers" in British-English) attached to the doublet with 20 fastenings.
Also, the doublet wo meaning "hemp" is attested in Western Old Japanese and Southern Ryūkyū.
An opal triplet is similar to a doublet, but has a third layer, a domed cap of clear quartz or plastic on the top.
An arming doublet (also called aketon) worn under armour, particularly plate armour of fifteenth- and sixteenth-century Europe, contains arming points for attaching plates.
An opal doublet consists of a relatively thin layer of precious opal, backed by a layer of dark-colored material, most commonly ironstone, dark or black common opal (potch), onyx, or obsidian.
Either member of this doublet can undergo a charged current interaction by emitting or absorbing a and be converted into the other member.