Double, The Double or Dubble may refer to:

Mathematics and computing

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 Double-precision floating-point format (sometimes called FP64 or float64) is a floating-point arithmetic, floating-point computer number format, number format, usually occupying 64 Bit, bits in computer memory; it represents a wide range of numeri ...

, 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 In mathematics, a tuple is a finite sequence or ''ordered list'' of numbers or, more generally, mathematical objects, which are called the ''elements'' of the tuple. An -tuple is a tuple of elements, where is a non-negative integer. There is o ...

, or ordered list of two elements, commonly called an

ordered pair In mathematics, an ordered pair, denoted (''a'', ''b''), is a pair of objects in which their order is significant. The ordered pair (''a'', ''b'') is different from the ordered pair (''b'', ''a''), unless ''a'' = ''b''. In contrast, the '' unord ...

, 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 A hamburger (or simply a burger) consists of fillings—usually a patty of ground meat, typically beef—placed inside a sliced bun or bread roll. The patties are often served with cheese, lettuce, tomato, onion, pickles, bacon, or chilis ...

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 Double, The Double or Dubble may refer to: Mathematics and computing * Multiplication 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 ...

, doubling a blackjack bet in a favorable situation **

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

, 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 fielde ...

, a two-base hit in baseball **

The Double (Seattle Mariners) The Double was a double hit by the Seattle Mariners' Edgar Martínez in the deciding 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 ...

, 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) In British rugby league, winning The Double refers to winning the League Championship, currently the Super League, and the Challenge Cup in the same season. Nine teams have won the double, the first being Broughton Rangers in 1902. Wigan Warrio ...

, winning the Super League and Challenge Cup in one season *

Double-double (basketball) In basketball, a double-double is a single-game performance in which a player accumulates ten or more in two of the following five statistical categories: points, rebounds, assists, steals, and blocked shots. The first "double" in the te ...

, accumulating ten or more in two key statistical categories – points, rebounds, assists, steals, and blocked shots – in a single game *

Double Duty Double Duty (also referred to as the Indy-Charlotte Double or Memorial Day Double) is an American auto racing term used to describe one of the most difficult feats in motorsport: in a single day, competing in both the Indianapolis 500 IndyCar Ser ...

, 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) In filmmaking Filmmaking or film production is the process by which a Film, motion picture is produced. Filmmaking involves a number of complex and discrete stages, beginning with an initial story, idea, or commission. Production then contin ...

, 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 Double, The Double or Dubble may refer to: Mathematics and computing * Multiplication 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 ...

, 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 ''2 Alive'' (stylized as ''2 Alivë'') is the second studio album by American rapper Yeat. It was released on February 18, 2022, by Geffen Records, Interscope Records, Field Trip Recordings, Listen To The Kids and Twizzy Rich. The album feature ...

'' (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 A look-alike, or double, is a person who bears a strong physical resemblance to another person, excluding cases like twins and other instances of Family resemblance (anthropology), family resemblance. Some look-alikes have been notable individua ...

doppelgänger A doppelgänger ( ), sometimes spelled doppelgaenger or doppelganger, is a ghostly double of a living person, especially one that haunts its own fleshly counterpart. In fiction and mythology, a doppelgänger is often portrayed as a ghostly or p ...

, 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 The pound is the currency of Guernsey. Since 1921, Guernsey has been in currency union with the United Kingdom and the Guernsey pound is not a separate currency but is a local issue of sterling banknotes and coins, in a similar way to the banknot ...

* 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