doubler

Meaning

1. One who doubles.
2. An instrument for augmenting a very small quantity of electricity, so as to render it manifest by sparks or the electroscope.
3. 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.
4. Part of a distilling apparatus for intercepting the heavier fractions and returning them to be redistilled.
5. A blanket or felt placed between the fabric and the printing table or cylinder.
6. A person employed in a roller mill to fold the hot metal plates in half.
7. A device with two electrical plugs that plugs into an electrical outlet, effectively converting the electrical outlet into two; socket converter.
8. A diaper insert.

Synonyms

intensifier

folding machine

folding press

fre

frequency doubler

voltage doubler

voltage multiplier

draw frame

frequency booster

quency multiplier

Translations

duplicatore

binatrice

مضاعف

doubleur

duplicador

Etymology

From double (verb) + -er.