A double is a look-alike or doppelgänger; one person or being that resembles another. Double, The Double or Dubble may also refer to:

Film and television

Double (filmmaking) In filmmaking, a double is a person who substitutes FOR another actor such that the person's face is not shown. There are various terms associated with a double based on the specific body part or ability they serve as a double for, such as stunt ...

, someone who substitutes for the credited actor of a character * ''The Double'' (1934 film), a German crime comedy film * ''The Double'' (1971 film), an Italian film * ''The Double'' (2011 film), a spy thriller film * ''The Double'' (2013 film), a film based on the Dostoevsky novella * '' Kamen Rider Double'', a 2009–10 Japanese television series ** Kamen Rider Double (character), the protagonist in a Japanese television series of the same name

Food and drink

Doppio Doppio espresso () is a double shot which is extracted using double the amount of ground coffee in a larger-sized portafilter basket. This results in of drink, double the amount of a single shot espresso. ''Doppio'' is Italian multiplier, meani ...

, a double shot of espresso *

Dubbel The term dubbel (also double) is a Belgian Trappist beer naming convention. The origin of the dubbel was a strong version of a brown beer brewed in Westmalle Abbey in 1856, which is known to have been on sale to the public by June 1861.Jef van de ...

, a strong Belgian Trappist beer or, more generally, a strong brown ale * A drink order of two shots of

hard liquor Liquor (or a spirit) is an alcoholic drink produced by distillation of grains, fruits, vegetables, or sugar, that have already gone through alcoholic fermentation. Other terms for liquor include: spirit drink, distilled beverage or hard l ...

in one glass * A "double decker", a

hamburger A hamburger, or simply burger, is a food consisting of fillings—usually a patty of ground meat, typically beef—placed inside a sliced bun or bread roll. Hamburgers are often served with cheese, lettuce, tomato, onion, pickles, bacon, ...

with two patties in a single bun

Games

* Double, action in games whereby a competitor raises the stakes ** , in contract bridge ** Doubling cube, in backgammon * Double, villain in the video game ''

Mega Man X4 ''Mega Man X4'', originally released in Japan as , is a video game developed by Capcom. It is the fourth game in the ''Mega Man X'' series and the second game in the series to be released on the Sega Saturn and PlayStation. The two versions were ...

'' * A kart racing game '' Mario Kart: Double Dash'' * An arcade action game ''

Double Dragon is a beat 'em up video game series initially developed by Technōs Japan and released as an arcade game in 1987. The series features twin martial artists, Billy and Jimmy Lee, as they fight against various adversaries and rivals. The origina ...

Literature

* ''The Double'' (Dostoevsky novel), an 1846 novella by Fyodor Dostoevsky * ''The Double'' (Saramago novel), a 2002 novel by José Saramago * ''Double'' (manga), a 2019 manga series by Ayako Noda * Andrew Dubble, the primary character in the '' Andrew Lost'' children's novels

Mathematics and computing

* Multiplication by 2 *

Double precision Double-precision floating-point format (sometimes called FP64 or float64) is a floating-point number format, usually occupying 64 bits in computer memory; it represents a wide dynamic range of numeric values by using a floating radix point. Flo ...

, a floating-point representation of numbers that is typically 64 bits in length * A split-complex number of the form

x+yj

, where

j^2=+1

* A 2-

tuple In mathematics, a tuple is a finite ordered list (sequence) of elements. An -tuple is a sequence (or ordered list) of elements, where is a non-negative integer. There is only one 0-tuple, referred to as ''the empty tuple''. An -tuple is defi ...

, or ordered list of two elements, commonly called an ordered pair, denoted

(a,b)

* Double (manifold), in topology

Music

* Double album, audio album spanning two units of the primary medium in which it is sold, typically records and CDs * Doubling (voicing), a kind of musical voicing * Double variation, a variation form in music *

Pasodoble Pasodoble ( Spanish: ''double step'') is a fast-paced Spanish military march used by infantry troops. Its speed allowed troops to give 120 steps per minute (double the average of a regular unit, hence its name). This military march gave rise ...

, a traditional couple's dance from Spain *

Double (singer) Double is the stage name for Japanese R&B singer (born March 14, 1975). Double used to be the name for the two member R&B group consisting of Takako and her sister Sachiko (1973 - 1999). After the death of Sachiko, Takako started her solo career ...

(born 1975), Japanese R&B singer * Double (band), Swiss pop duo that had their biggest hit in 1986 with "Captain of Her Heart" * ''Double'' (Roch Voisine album), a 1990 album by Roch Voisine * ''Double'' (Zhao Wei album), a 2005 album by Zhao Wei * "Double" (BoA song), 2003 * "The Double", an instrumental by Clint Mansell from the ''Black Swan''

soundtrack A soundtrack is recorded music accompanying and synchronised to the images of a motion picture, drama, book, television program, radio program, or video game; a commercially released soundtrack album of music as featured in the soundtrack ...

(2010) * The

Double Violin Concerto (Bach) The Concerto for Two Violins in D minor, BWV 1043, also known as the Double Violin Concerto, is a violin concerto of the Late Baroque era, which Johann Sebastian Bach composed around 1730. It is one of the composer's most successful w ...

in D minor, BWV 1043, commonly referred to as "The Double" among violinists

People

* Baron Emile Double (1869–1938), vigneron who established the vineyard at

Château de Beaupré Château de Beaupré is a French bastide, vineyard and winery in Saint-Cannat, Bouches-du-Rhône, France.Dominique Auzias, Jean-Paul Labourdette, ''Tourisme et vignoble en France'', Petit Futé, 2010, p. 66/ref>''Petit Futé Aix en provence, pays Ai ...

* François-Joseph Double (1776–1842), French physician * Marie-Louise Double de Saint-Lambert (1891–1974), French philanthropist later known as Countess

Lily Pastré Countess Lily Pastré (a.k.a. Marie-Louise Double de Saint-Lambert) (1891–1974) was a French heiress and patron of the arts. She sheltered many Jewish artists in her Château Pastré in Marseille during World War II. After the war, she helped e ...

Steve Double Stephen Daniel Double (born 19 December 1966) is a British Conservative Party politician. He has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for St Austell and Newquay since 2015. He has been serving as a junior Lord Commissioner of the Treasury since ...

(born 1966), British Conservative Party politician, Member of Parliament (MP) for St Austell and Newquay since 2015

Places

Double (lunar crater) Double is a small crater (10-meter diameter) in Mare Tranquillitatis on the Moon, west of the Apollo 11 landing site known as Tranquility Base. The Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin landed the Lunar Module ''Eagle'' next to ...

, in Mare Tranquillitatis * Double Lake, a lake in Minnesota, US

Sports

Double (association football) The Double, in association football, is the achievement of winning a country's top tier division and its primary cup competition in the same season. The lists in this article examine this definition of a double, while derivative sections examin ...

, the act of a winning a division and primary cup competition in the same season *

Double (baseball) In baseball, a double is the act of a batter striking the pitched ball and safely reaching second base without being called out by the umpire, without the benefit of a fielder's misplay (see error) or another runner being put out on a field ...

, a two-base hit in baseball **

The Double (Seattle Mariners) The Double was a double hit by the Seattle Mariners' Edgar Martínez in Game 5 of Major League Baseball's 1995 American League Division Series on October 8, 1995. Trailing by one run in the bottom half of the 11th inning, with Joey Cora on third ...

, a specific instance of the above that occurred during the 1995 Major League Baseball season * Double (cricket), the feat of scoring a thousand first-class runs and taking a hundred first-class wickets in a single season * Double (volleyball), scoring ten or more in a statistical category (aces, kills, blocks, digs, or assists) in a single match * Double-double (basketball), accumulating ten or more in two of five statistical categories (points, rebounds, assists, steals, or blocks) in a single game *

Double Duty Double Duty also referred to as the Indy-Charlotte Double or Memorial Day Double, is an auto racing term centered around two events held on Memorial Day weekend in most years. The two events are the annual Indianapolis 500, which is the most imp ...

, a driver attempting to compete in the Indycar Indianapolis 500 and NASCAR Coca-Cola 600 on the same day *

The Double (Gaelic games) The Double is a term in Gaelic games that refers to a county winning the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship and the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship in the same year. Other major trophies won in combination in the same year at minor ...

, the act of winning the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship and the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship in the same year * The Double (rugby league), winning the Super League and Challenge Cup in one season

Other

* Double, a bet which combines two selections; see Glossary of bets offered by UK bookmakers#Double * Polish Enigma doubles, replicating the function of Nazi Germany's cipher machines * Double, a former fraction of the Guernsey pound * Double, a former rank of liturgical feast in the Roman Rite of the Catholic Church *

Double-flowered "Double-flowered" describes varieties of flowers with extra petals, often containing flowers within flowers. The double-flowered trait is often noted alongside the scientific name with the abbreviation ''fl. pl.'' (''flore pleno'', a Latin ablat ...

form of plants