doublet
Snug Renaissance jacket
A doublet is a close-fitting jacket worn by men from the 15th through 17th centuries, typically padded and often elaborately decorated: He wore a velvet doublet with slashed sleeves.
In linguistics, doublets are pairs of words derived from the same source but arriving in a language by different routes—like "frail" and "fragile," both from Latin *fragilis*.
In optics, a doublet is a lens made of two elements.
In games, rolling the same number on two dice is a doublet.
Sleeveless fitted jacket
- tunicLoose hip-length top
- vestSleeveless upper-body garment
- waistcoatSleeveless torso garment
- giletSleeveless padded garment
bodice · sleeveless · padded · quilted · fitted · breeches · hose · Renaissance
Two matching things
counterpart · complement · parallel · two · binary · tandem · matched · corresponding
One of matched pair
cutting · gemstone · diamond · emerald · sapphire · twinning · spinel · optical
One of matched pair
- latticeOpenwork of crossed strips
- symmetryInvariance under transformation
- diffractionWaves spreading past obstacles
- BraggBoast with swagger
hexagonal · cubic · anisotropy · cleavage · mineralogy · twinning · intergrowth · reflection
Word sharing etymological origin
- etymologyWord origin study
- borrowingTemporary taking of another's
- loanwordImported vocabulary item
- FrenchOf or from Paris's nation
Latin · Germanic · divergence · phonology · lexeme · derivation · ancestor · proto-language
Light-focusing curved glass
- achromaticLacking visible hue
- refractionWave bending between media
- telescopeInstrument magnifying faraway objects
- microscopeInstrument for viewing minute objects
eyepiece · correction · magnification · dispersion · glass
jerkin
Sleeveless fitted jacket
gilet · bodice · sleeveless · padded · quilted · fitted · breeches · hose · Renaissance · Tudor
pair
Two matching things
match · counterpart · complement · parallel · two · binary · tandem · matched · corresponding · mirror
twin
One of matched pair
rough · cutting · gemstone · diamond · emerald · sapphire · twinning · spinel · optical · clarity
twin
One of matched pair
- latticeOpenwork of crossed strips
- symmetryInvariance under transformation
- diffractionWaves spreading past obstacles
Bragg · hexagonal · cubic · anisotropy · cleavage · mineralogy · twinning · intergrowth · reflection · rotation
cognate
Word sharing etymological origin
French · Latin · Germanic · divergence · phonology · lexeme · derivation · ancestor · proto-language · spelling
lens
Light-focusing curved glass
- achromaticLacking visible hue
- refractionWave bending between media
- telescopeInstrument magnifying faraway objects
microscope · eyepiece · correction · magnification · dispersion · glass
- clothingdress, apparel, attire, jeans, garment
- costumeswitch, costume, vampire, pirate, ghost costume
- medievalknights, castles, cathedral, kings, queens
- costumecostume design, costume ball, costume sketches, costume jewelry, theatrical costumes
- garmentsgarment, robe, gown, robes, dress
- pairspair, pairs, two, duo, duos
- double checkVerify a second time
- double standardUnequally applied moral code
- double dateCouples' shared outing
- double takeDelayed reaction of surprise
- double lifeSecret parallel identity
- double clickTwo rapid consecutive presses
double, doubled, doubling, doubles, redouble, redoubled, redoubling, doublespeak, doubler