Doubling

(noun.) raising the stakes in a card game by a factor of 2; 'I decided his double was a bluff'.

(noun.) increase by a factor of two; 'doubling with a computer took no time at all'.

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• By doubling the pressure we have reduced the volume one half. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• Now, said he, doubling his great, heavy fist into something resembling a blacksmith's hammer, d'ye see this fist? 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• At any rate, she had so many uses for it that its very insufficiency had caused her to play high in the hope of doubling it. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• The hotel was a very small one, and by doubling up we were barely accommodated. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• This arises from the fact that by the doubling of potential the two outside mains are reduced to one-quarter the cross-section otherwise necessary. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• Old problems like squaring the circle, trisec ting the angle, and doubling the cube, were now attempted in a new spirit and with fresh vigor. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
• He kissed Georgy on the head, and the boy got out, doubling his fists into his eyes, and with the aid of Francis. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.

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