DOUBLER

doubler

(noun) an electronic device that doubles the voltage or the frequency of an input signal

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

doubler (plural doublers)

One who doubles.

An instrument for augmenting a very small quantity of electricity, so as to render it manifest by sparks or the electroscope.

(US, dialect) A tenement house having two families on each floor.

(colloquial) A biplane aeroplane or kite.

Part of a distilling apparatus for intercepting the heavier fractions and returning them to be redistilled.

(calico printing) A blanket or felt placed between the fabric and the printing table or cylinder.

A person employed in a roller mill to fold the hot metal plates in half.

A device with two electrical plugs that plugs into an electrical outlet, effectively converting the electrical outlet into two; socket converter.

Anagrams

• Boulder, boulder

Source: Wiktionary


Dou"bler, n.

1. One who, or that which, doubles.

2. (Elec.)

Definition: An instrument for augmenting a very small quantity of electricity, so as to render it manifest by sparks or the electroscope.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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