doublings
Acts of duplicating
Doublings are instances of making something double, or things that have been doubled.
In cooking, a doubling is a fold—pastry dough gains flaky layers through repeated doublings.
The word appears in technical contexts: The doublings of the brass section enriched the orchestral sound.
In nautical use, doublings are the overlapping portions where one mast section joins another.
Act of duplicating precisely
- mutationPermanent DNA alteration
- chromosomeDNA strand carrying genes
- duplicationMaking an identical copy
- geneHereditary information unit
copy · sequence · tandem · amplification · DNA · repeat · expansion · insertion
Growth in amount
- growthIncrease in size
- twofoldConsisting of two parts
- expansionIncrease in scope
- amplificationIncrease in intensity
escalation · multiplication · augmentation · proliferation · intensification · accumulation · compounding · exponential
Backup actor, ready nightly
- standbyReady substitute awaiting use
- coverProtect by overlaying
- swingSuspended recreational seat
- replacementWhat takes another's place
casting · backup · alternate · rehearsal · blocking · role · principal · ensemble
Creating uniform fabric folds
- fabricWoven or knit material
- gatheringCollection of people meeting
- liningInterior fabric layer
- interfacingConnecting between systems
seam · thickness · insulation · quilting · batting · padding · layering · stitching
replication
Act of duplicating precisely
- mutationPermanent DNA alteration
- chromosomeDNA strand carrying genes
- duplicationMaking an identical copy
gene · copy · sequence · tandem · amplification · DNA · repeat · expansion · insertion · genome
increase
Growth in amount
amplification · escalation · multiplication · augmentation · proliferation · intensification · accumulation · compounding · exponential · acceleration
understudy
Backup actor, ready nightly
replacement · casting · backup · alternate · rehearsal · blocking · role · principal · ensemble · Broadway
pleating
Creating uniform fabric folds
interfacing · seam · thickness · insulation · quilting · batting · padding · layering · stitching · backing
folding
Bending something over itself
- layeringForming successive strata
- croissantLayered crescent-shaped pastry
- puff pastryLaminated dough with layers
lamination · dough · butter · flaky · brioche · Danish · phyllo · turnover · rolling · stretching
octave
Eight-note interval
- harmonicsFrequencies above the fundamental
- unisonSimultaneous identical action
- parallelEquidistant at all points
reinforcement · orchestration · register · strings · brass · woodwinds · ensemble · voicing · thickness · richness
- Scottish Musicbagpipes, ceilidh, reels, Auld Lang Syne, pipe band
- mastsmainmast, foremast, mizzenmast, topmast, radio mast
doublingshalvings
Acts of splitting equally
halving · cutting in half · bisections · divisions · quartering
doublingshalvings
Acts of splitting equally
reductions · decreases · diminutions · contractions · shrinkages
- 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