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Mathematics and computing

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Multiplication Multiplication is one of the four elementary mathematical operations of arithmetic, with the other ones being addition, subtraction, and division (mathematics), division. The result of a multiplication operation is called a ''Product (mathem ...
by 2 * Double precision, a floating-point representation of numbers that is typically 64 bits in length * A double number of the form x+yj, where j^2=+1 * A 2- tuple, or ordered list of two elements, commonly called an ordered pair, denoted (a,b) * Double (manifold), in topology


Food and drink

* A drink order of two shots of hard liquor in one glass * A "double decker", a hamburger 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, doubling a blackjack bet in a favorable situation ** Double, a bet offered by UK bookmakers which combines two selections * Double, villain in the video game '' Mega Man X4'' * A kart racing game '' Mario Kart: Double Dash'' * An arcade action game '' Double Dragon''


Sports

* Double (association football), the act of a winning a division and primary cup competition in the same season * Double (baseball), a two-base hit in baseball ** The Double (Seattle Mariners), Edgar Martinez's walk-off double in Game 5 of the 1995 American League Division Series * 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 (Gaelic games), the act of winning the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship and the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship in the same year * Double (rugby league), winning the Super League and Challenge Cup in one season * Double-double (basketball), accumulating ten or more in two key statistical categories – points, rebounds, assists, steals, and blocked shots – in a single game * Double Duty, competing in the Indianapolis 500 and Coca-Cola 600 on the same day or weekend.


Entertainment


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


Film and television

* Double (filmmaking), someone who substitutes for the credited actor of a character * ''The Double'' (1934 film), a German crime comedy film * ''The Double'' (1963 film), a British film, part of the ''Edgar Wallace Mysteries'' series * ''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 * ''The Double'' (TV series), a 2024 Chinese historical drama * '' Kamen Rider Double'', a 2009–10 Japanese television series ** Kamen Rider Double (character), the protagonist in a Japanese television series of the same name


Music

* Double album, audio album spanning two units of the primary medium in which it is sold, typically records and CDs * Double variation, a variation form in music *
Double (band) Double (pronounced ) was a Switzerland, Swiss music duo best known for their hit single "The Captain of Her Heart". Biography The duo was formed in 1983 in Zürich, Switzerland, by Felix Haug (drums and keyboards) and Kurt Maloo (guitar and voca ...
, a Swiss pop duo * Double (singer) (born 1975), a Japanese R&B singer * ''Double'' (Roch Voisine album) (1990) * ''Double'' (Zhao Wei album) (2005) * "Double" (BoA song) (2003) * "Double", a song by Blackbear from '' Digital Druglord'' (2017) * "Double", by Yeat from '' 2 Alive'' (2022) * "The Double", an instrumental by Clint Mansell from the ''Black Swan''
soundtrack A soundtrack is a recorded audio signal accompanying and synchronised to the images of a book, drama, motion picture, radio program, television show, television program, or video game; colloquially, a commercially released soundtrack album of m ...
(2010) * The Double Violin Concerto (Bach) 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 * François-Joseph Double (1776–1842), French physician * Marie-Louise Double de Saint-Lambert (1891–1974), French philanthropist later known as Countess Lily Pastré * Steve Double (born 1966), British politician and Member of Parliament


Places

* Double (lunar crater), in Mare Tranquillitatis * Double Lake, a lake in Minnesota, US


Other uses

* Double, also called a look-alike or doppelgänger, one person or being that resembles another * Polish Enigma double, a machine 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 * Dubbel, a strong Belgian Trappist beer or, more generally, a strong brown ale * A double, a shorthand for an instance of double tradition, verses duplicated in the Biblical
gospels Gospel originally meant the Christian message (" the gospel"), but in the second century AD the term (, from which the English word originated as a calque) came to be used also for the books in which the message was reported. In this sen ...
of Matthew and Luke


See also

* * * Doubles (disambiguation) * Doubling (disambiguation) {{Disambiguation, surname