Complete Definition of "doublet"

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English
coefficient
Noun
en-noun

  1. a man�s close-fitting jacket, with or without sleeves. Men in Europe wore doublets from the 1400s to the 1600s.
  2. a pair of two similar or equal things; couple.
  3. one of two or more different words in a language derived from the same origin but coming by different routes.
  4. An imitation gem made of two pieces of glass or crystal with a layer of color between them.
  5. printing|US A word or phrase set a second time by mistake.
  6. quantum mechanics A quantum state of a system with a spin of 1/2, such that there are two allowed values of the spin component, -1/2 and +1/2.
Quotations
; jacket
1602 : s:Hamlet|Hamlet by w:William Shakespeare|William Shakespeare, act 2 scene 1 line 75

Related terms
singlet
triplet

Translations
trans-top|article of men's clothing
Spanish: jubón m
trans-bottom

See also
homolog
pair
twin

Category:Clothing

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