doublet
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(senseid) One of two or more different words in a language derived from the same etymological root but having different phonological forms (e.g., (m) and (m) in French or (m) and (m) in English). See also Appendix:Glossarydoublet.
In textual criticism, two different narrative accounts of the same actual event.
An imitation gem made of two pieces of glass or crystal with a layer of color between them.
A word or phrase set a second time by mistake.
A quantum state of a system with a spin of ½, such that there are two allowed values of the spin component, −½ and +½.
A very small flowering plant, ''howellii|Dimeresia howellii''.
A ladder puzzle.
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.
(quote-book)
Either of two dice, each of which, when thrown, has the same number of spots on the face lying uppermost.
(ux)
A game somewhat like backgammon.
A man’s waistcoat.
(RQ:Shakespeare As You Like It)
(RQ:Pope Essay on Criticism)These sparks with awkward vanity displayWhat the fine gentleman wore yesterday;And but so mimic ancient wits at best,As apes our grandsires, in their doublets drest.
A man’s close-fitting jacket, with or without sleeves, worn by European men from the 1400s to the 1600s.
(RQ:Shakespeare Hamlet)
doublet (gl)
(l) (gloss)