English to Hindi Dictionary

Hindi meaning of doublet

doublet

/noun/ नक़ल; प्रतिलिपि; प्रतिरूप;

Synonym imitation; transcript; replica;

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English Dictionary:

1. Doublet

[a.]

- Two of the same kind; a pair; a couple.
- A word or words unintentionally doubled or set up a second time.
- A close-fitting garment for men, covering the body from the neck to the waist or a little below. It was worn in Western Europe from the 15th to the 17th century.
- A counterfeit gem, composed of two pieces of crystal, with a color them, and thus giving the appearance of a naturally colored gem. Also, a piece of paste or glass covered by a veneer of real stone.
- An arrangement of two lenses for a microscope, designed to correct spherical aberration and chromatic dispersion, thus rendering the image of an object more clear and distinct.
- Two dice, each of which, when thrown, has the same number of spots on the face lying uppermost; as, to throw doublets.
- A game somewhat like backgammon.
- One of two or more words in the same language derived by different courses from the same original from; as, crypt and grot are doublets; also, guard and ward; yard and garden; abridge and abbreviate, etc.