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Definition of "doubler"

doubler1

  • noun

    plural doublers

    1. One who doubles.  

    2. An instrument for augmenting a very small quantity of electricity, so as to render it manifest by sparks or the electroscope.  

    3. (structural engineering) A metal plate riveted or welded over a preexisting metal structural component to reinforce it and relieve the stress on the preexisting component, or to serve as a patch where part of the original structure has failed or been removed.  

    4. Part of a distilling apparatus for intercepting the heavier fractions and returning them to be redistilled.  

    5. (calico printing) A blanket or felt placed between the fabric and the printing table or cylinder.  

    6. A person employed in a roller mill to fold the hot metal plates in half.  

    7. A device with two electrical plugs that plugs into an electrical outlet, effectively converting the electrical outlet into two; socket converter.  

doubler2

  • noun

    plural doublers

    1. (US, dialect) A tenement house having two families on each floor.  

    2. (colloquial) A biplane aeroplane or kite.  

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