English dictionary

doubling

/'d/@/bl/I//N/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

noun

increase by a factor of two

noun.process

Examples
Doubling with a computer took no time at all.

Source: WordNet 3.0
raising the stakes in a card game by a factor of 2

noun.act

Synonyms double

Source: WordNet 3.0
The act of one that doubles; a making double; reduplication; also, that which is doubled.

noun

Source: webster1913