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doubling

doubling

1 3.2
An increase that makes something twice as large or twice as much
  • noun
  • /ˈdʌbəlɪŋ/
translation icon : duplicación
  • Following is a quantitative analysis of production and net export data, in response to two recent doublings in global crude oil prices.
  • six doublings
  • more doublings
  • two doublings

And it's the doubling of the eighth note triplets inside of that.

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Examples

  • And then productivity soared, often doubling or even tripling in those factories.

  • After several rounds of development, the software showed a consistent doubling of efficiency, reducing processing time dramatically.

  • And then somewhere in the doubling process, something happens.

  • So just data centers alone could see a doubling, almost a doubling of revenue just this year.

  • Yes, we, we expect more than a doubling in our portfolios over the next five years.

  • Then the retreating Parthians were joined by another group doubling their size.

  • This means the country's per capita income will double every 16 years, and 3 doublings will move it into the rich category, so it will be fine in 48 years.

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  • Richard Freeman, for example, points to the "Great Doubling"—an increase in the global supply of labor that roughly doubled the size of the global labor force.

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  • The company's profits experienced a significant doubling in just one year, boosting investor confidence.

  • During the last decade, there has been a noticeable doubling of the average temperature in the region, indicating climate change.

Antonyms

84 2.2

A drop in amount or number

6 3.6

To cut something into two equal parts

How Much

tenfold
12 4.3
quadrupling
1 5.6
tripling
2 3.9
doubling
1 3.2
unchanged
62 1.0

Surface Forms

doubling singular
doublings plural

Morphology

doubling = double (transparent) = double + ing

The process of 'doubling' is clearly derived from the verb 'double', indicating the action of making something twice as much.

Etymology

Doubling comes from the word double, which goes back to an old Latin root meaning 'two'. Think of making one thing into two, and that is why doubling means making something two times bigger.