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 <math>x+yj</math>, where <math>j^2=+1</math>
  • A 2-tuple, or ordered list of two elements, commonly called an ordered pair, denoted <math>(a,b)</math>
  • 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), 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 (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 of Matthew and Luke

See also

  • Doubles (disambiguation)
  • Doubling (disambiguation)