DOUBLING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does doubling mean? 

• DOUBLING (noun)
  The noun DOUBLING has 2 senses:

1. increase by a factor of two

2. raising the stakes in a card game by a factor of 2

  Familiarity information: DOUBLING used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DOUBLING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Increase by a factor of two

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Context example:

doubling with a computer took no time at all

Hypernyms ("doubling" is a kind of...):

multiplication (a multiplicative increase)

Derivation:

double (increase twofold)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Raising the stakes in a card game by a factor of 2

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

double; doubling

Context example:

I decided his double was a bluff

Hypernyms ("doubling" is a kind of...):

raise (increasing the size of a bet (as in poker))

Holonyms ("doubling" is a part of...):

card game; cards (a game played with playing cards)

Derivation:

double (increase twofold)

 Context examples 

The doubling time is different for different kinds of cancer cells or tumors.

(Doubling time, NCI Dictionary)

Though Curiosity is on the other side of Mars from Opportunity, dust has steadily increased over it, more than doubling over the weekend.

(Martian Dust Storm Grows Global: Curiosity Captures Photos of Thickening Haze, NASA)

This allele, which encodes protein MCM10 homolog, is involved in the regulation of DNA doubling.

(MCM10 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

This species is acid fast, stains with carbol fuchsin rather than a traditional Gram stain, has the longest doubling time of all known bacteria, and has never been cultured in vitro.

(Mycobacterium leprae, NCI Thesaurus)

This allele, which encodes origin recognition complex subunit 4 protein, is involved in the initiation of chromosomal doubling.

(ORC4L wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

Overall, the study found that doubling ladybird density increased incomes by approximately US$100 per hectare per year.

(Study estimates true value of ladybird as biocontrol, SciDev.Net)

Taken together, these 3 studies expand our understanding of the genetic components of blood pressure by doubling the number of reported blood pressure genes.

(The genetics of blood pressure, NIH)

Ducking, turning, doubling, he slid about the deck, eluding the other's efforts to capture him.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

Their feet fell heavily on the trail, jarring their bodies and doubling the fatigue of a day’s travel.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)

Holding his weight by his arms, and in mid-air doubling his body at the hips, he let fly with both feet.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)