doubling
noun1
The process or an instance of making something double; a multiplication by two.
- In an article concerning Yunnan, it pointed out that the efforts of the Nuchiang Lisu Autonomous Chou’s party committee had resulted in a doubling of minorities cadres since 1965, and that many of these persons had assumed the first and second positions in leadership squads at different levels.1976, June Teufel Dreyer, China's Forty Millions: Minority Nationalities and National Integration in the People's Republic of China, Harvard University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 242:
- Similitude applies to proportional changes, such as doublings, halvings, or quarterings; it does not apply to additive changes.1994, David C. Schneider, Quantitative Ecology: Spatial and Temporal Scaling, page 36:
2
The act of turning around, or doubling back.
3
A pleat or fold.
4
Archaic A trick; double-dealing.
- Derived terms
- dedoubling, doubling die, doubling time, period doubling