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double
1. Being twice as much in size, number, or value.
2. Consisting of two identical, similar, or equal parts.
3. Designed or intended for two people: "We reserved a double room at the hotel."
4. Describes bedding of a size that will fit onto a double bed.
5. Etymology: from Old French duble, from Latin duplus, "twofold"; from du-, "two" + -plus, "fold".
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(Latin: two, twice, double, twofold; a number; it normally functions as a prefix)
(Greek: number two; twice, divided, double; unalike; a number used as a prefix)
(Greek: double; two-fold)
(Latin: two, double; a word element for the number "2")
(Latin: twin; double)
(Greek balaustion > Latin balaustium: supporting post of a railing on a balcony, staircase, etc. Borrowed from Italian balaustro, from balaustra; so called because of the resemblance of a baluster to the double-curving calyx tube of the "wild pomegranate flower".)
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double mastectomy
Removal of both breasts.
This entry is located in the following units: -ectomy, -ectome, -ectomize (page 8) masto-, mast-, -mastia, -masty + (page 1)
double pyloroplasty
Posterior pyloromyotomy combined with the Heineke-Mikulicz pyloroplasty (enlargement of a pyloric stricture).
This entry is located in the following unit: pylor-, pyloro-, pylori- + (page 1)
double-dealing (adjective) (not comparable)
Relating to dishonest or deceptive behavior: Manfred went to a double-dealing lawyer in order to claim a bigger refund for his car than the auto company was willing to pay.
Treacherous and using duplicity or deception as a process.
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electric double layer, electrical double layer, double layer, double ionic layer
1. A process that takes place at a solid-liquid interface.

It is made up of ions of one charge type which are fixed to the surface of the solid and an equal number of mobile ions of the opposite charge which are distributed through the neighboring region of the liquid.

2. The area of a charge separation formed when an electrode meets an ionic conductor.

A metal electrode in a water solution forms a specific structure consisting of the metal surface itself, an adjoining layer of adsorbed (adhesion to the surfaces of solids) water molecules and ions, and an outer region of oppositely charged ions diffused in the liquid.

This causes an electric field of considerable intensity.

3. An interfacial region, near the boundary between two different phases of a substance, in which physical properties change significantly.
4. A structure that appears on the surface of a charged object when it is placed into a liquid.

This object might be a solid particle, a gas bubble, a liquid droplet, or a porous body.

This entry is located in the following unit: electro-, electr-, electri- (page 8)
electron nuclear double resonance, ENDOR
1. A spectroscopic technique in which a sample is irradiated with a range of nuclear resonance frequencies while electron spin resonance absorption is observed at a single frequency.
2. A type of electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy permitting greatly enhanced resolution, in which a material is simultaneously irradiated at one of its frequencies and by a second oscillatory field during which its frequency is swept over the range of nuclear frequencies.
This entry is located in the following unit: electro-, electr-, electri- (page 50)
visual binary, visual double
A binary star system which is resolvable into its two components by telescopic observation.
This entry is located in the following unit: vid-, video-, vis-, -vision, -visional, -visionally, visuo-, vu- (page 17)
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double dipping (DUB uhl DIP ing) (s) (noun), double dippings (pl)
The practice of receiving compensation, benefits, etc., from two or more sources in a way that is considered to be unethical; as from a military pension and a government job: The practice of double dipping disturbs a lot of people who feel fortunate if they can just have one good retirement to live on.

Someone needs to explain how a state employee who retired after more than thirty-four years and then returned to work nine years later, was able to get by with double dipping (drawing two separate incomes at the same time) by receiving nearly $85,000 in one year, or two and half times more than she did before she retired.

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double star
1. A pair of stars that appear close together in the sky only because they lie in the same direction from the earth, and not because they are physically associated binary stars.
2. A system containing two or more stars.

In a true double, the stars are physically close to each other; in an optical double, they lie in approximately the same direction from the earth and so appear close to each other, but are actually far apart.

This entry is located in the following unit: Astronomy and related astronomical terms (page 8)
A reference to duplicity or deception which is used to achieve a special objective which may not be honest. (1)