Doubling

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Doubling may refer to:

• in math, multiplication
• in music,
  • the composition or performance of a melody with itself or itself transposed at a constant interval such as the octave, third, or sixth
  • the assignment of a melody to two instruments in an arrangement
  • the playing of two (or more) instruments alternately by a single player, e.g. Flute, doubling piccolo
• in firearms, when more than one round is fired in a semiautomatic gas powered rifle with only one pull of the trigger, also known as a slam fire.