doubling
Making two copies
Doubling is the act of making something twice as large or twice as many: The company announced a doubling of its workforce.
In film and theater, doubling means one actor playing two roles.
A doubling can also be a fold or layer: a doubling of fabric for reinforcement.
Identical reproduction made
- cloneGenetically identical organism
- replicaFaithful scaled reproduction
- twinOne of matched pair
- mirrorReflective viewing surface
carbon copy · facsimile · reproduction · doppelganger · backup · redundancy · twinning · cloning
Increase in size
- escalationProgressive increase in intensity
- expansionIncrease in scope
- surgeSudden powerful increase
- multiplicationProduct-finding operation
twofold · twice · amplification · boost · rise · increment · proliferation · accumulation
Marked cubes for chance
- backgammonTwo-player dice board contest
- cubeSix-squared-faced solid
- stakesPosts or wagers
- bettingStaking money on outcomes
wagering · poker · blackjack · splitting · martingale · ante · raise · gammon
Returns on reinvested earnings
- returnsProfits from investments
- investmentDeploying capital for returns
- capital growthIncrease in asset value
- portfolioCollected works or assets
dividends · appreciation · reinvestment · leverage · equity · principal · yield · accumulation
Backup actor, ready nightly
Line from folding
- foldBend onto itself
- pleatSewn fabric fold
- layerSingle thickness of material
- fabricWoven or knit material
origami · paper · tucking · hemming · thickness · overlap · blanket · napkin
Eight-note interval
- bassDeep pitch or fish
- harmonyAgreement or musical blend
- trackingMonitoring location over time
- overdubbingAdding layers to recordings
layering · recording · unison · reinforcement · orchestration · arranging · voicing · thickening
copy
Identical reproduction made
mirror · carbon copy · facsimile · reproduction · doppelganger · backup · redundancy · twinning · cloning · reprinting
growth
Increase in size
- escalationProgressive increase in intensity
- expansionIncrease in scope
- surgeSudden powerful increase
multiplication · twofold · twice · amplification · boost · rise · increment · proliferation · accumulation · enhancement
dice
Marked cubes for chance
- backgammonTwo-player dice board contest
- cubeSix-squared-faced solid
- stakesPosts or wagers
betting · wagering · poker · blackjack · splitting · martingale · ante · raise · gammon · cribbage
compound interest
Returns on reinvested earnings
- returnsProfits from investments
- investmentDeploying capital for returns
- capital growthIncrease in asset value
portfolio · dividends · appreciation · reinvestment · leverage · equity · principal · yield · accumulation · wealth building
understudy
Backup actor, ready nightly
crease
Line from folding
fabric · origami · paper · tucking · hemming · thickness · overlap · blanket · napkin · pastry
octave
Eight-note interval
overdubbing · layering · recording · unison · reinforcement · orchestration · arranging · voicing · thickening · chorus effect
- math operationsaddition, adding, subtraction, subtracting, multiplication
- quantity changesincrease, decrease, rise, fall, gain
- Knot Theoryunknot, figure-eight knot, link, linking number, braid
- Big Bandbrass section, horn section, trumpet section, trombone section, rhythm section
- basic mathsubtraction, multiplying, dividing, adding, subtracting
- card gamespoker, blackjack, solitaire, hearts, spades
doublinghalving
Dividing into two
bisecting · cutting in half · quartering · dividing · fractioning
doublinghalving
Dividing into two
decreasing · shrinking · diminishing · contracting · declining
- doubling downStrengthening a risky commitment
- doubling backReversing one's direction
- doubling upIncreasing twofold
- doubling timeTime to grow twofold
- body doublingShared space for focus
- chromosome doublingFull genome replication event