doubler (English, noun)
expansion: doubler (plural doublers)
Senses:
glosses: One who doubles.
glosses: An instrument for augmenting a very small quantity of electricity, so as to render it manifest by sparks or the electroscope.
qualifier: structural engineering
glosses: A metal plate riveted or welded over a preexisting metal structural component to reinforce it and relieve the stress on the preexisting component, or to serve as a patch where part of the original structure has failed or been removed.
glosses: Part of a distilling apparatus for intercepting the heavier fractions and returning them to be redistilled.
qualifier: calico printing
glosses: A blanket or felt placed between the fabric and the printing table or cylinder.
topics: arts
crafts
engineering
hobbies
lifestyle
metallurgy
metalworking
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A person employed in a roller mill to fold the hot metal plates in half.
glosses: A device with two electrical plugs that plugs into an electrical outlet, effectively converting the electrical outlet into two; socket converter.
glosses: A diaper insert.
Forms:
form: doublers
tags: plural