doubling

[ US /ˈdəbəɫɪŋ, ˈdəbɫɪŋ/ ]
[ UK /dˈʌblɪŋ/ ]
NOUN
  1. raising the stakes in a card game by a factor of 2
    I decided his double was a bluff
  2. increase by a factor of two
    doubling with a computer took no time at all
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How To Use doubling In A Sentence

  • This is exponential growth, constant doubling. The Crisis of Life on Earth - our legacy from the second millenium
  • He gave geometrical solutions to doubling a cube and trisecting an angle in this book.
  • That activity has sent a formerly torpid property market soaring, with office rents, according to one study, more than doubling from 1996 to mid-1999.
  • He now proposes changing his car to a 4x4 gas-guzzler, doubling my share of the cost. Times, Sunday Times
  • However, even after we adjusted for these additional factors we still found an approximate doubling of risk of death from cancer among people with widespread pain.
  • The new push is reflected in the doubling of budget requests-to $ 254m-to combat Aids overseas.
  • If you find yourself a partner of a similar height and build to yourself, you are effectively doubling your collective wardrobes.
  • Peach escapes narrowly to design another day although her pink polka dot snore of a dress (even she admitted earlier it looked like "Barbie's sofa") is called "matronly" by the judges and like "an Amish cocktail dress" by MK (his lines are doubling me over so far this season). Holly Cara Price: Rubbernecking: Project Runway Season 8, Episodes 1 and 2
  • Nuclear retention of annexin II results in reduced cell proliferation and increased doubling time of cells.
  • In the coming year we will be redoubling our efforts and in particularly we will be working with those schools that need extra help.
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