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doublet

 

Definitions from WordNet

Noun doublet has 1 sense
  1. doublet - a man's close-fitting jacket; worn during the Renaissance
    --1 is a kind of
    jacket

Definitions from the Web

Doublet

Description:

A doublet can refer to different things depending on the context:

  1. Noun (Clothing): A closely fitting jacket or coat, usually made of a heavy material and having two layers of fabric.
  2. Noun (Linguistics): A pair of words derived from the same source but differing in certain phonological or morphological features.
  3. Noun (Chemistry): A substance composed of two different elements or compounds that have similar overall chemical properties.

Examples:

Example 1 - Noun (Clothing):

She wore a stylish doublet to the party last night.

Example 2 - Noun (Linguistics):

The English words "town" and "city" are a classic doublet pair.

Example 3 - Noun (Chemistry):

Water is a doublet consisting of two hydrogen atoms and one oxygen atom.

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