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Doublet

Term · Industrial and trades · MLC-T-IND-006934

An error in typesetting where a word, phrase, or line of text is accidentally repeated. This mistake occurs during manual composition or digital data entry and is a type of dittography. Proofreaders are trained to spot doublets, which can be difficult for an author to see in their own work, by reading the text carefully before it goes to press.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-IND-006934
FieldIndustrial and trades
SubjectIndustrial printing
Synonymsdyad
See alsoDouble; Triple; Quadruple; Triad; Microdoublet
TranslationsGerman: Doppelsatz; Spanish: duplicado; French: doublon
Record as JSON
{
  "id": "MLC-T-IND-006934",
  "term": "Doublet",
  "field": "Industrial and trades",
  "definition": "An error in typesetting where a word, phrase, or line of text is accidentally repeated. This mistake occurs during manual composition or digital data entry and is a type of dittography. Proofreaders are trained to spot doublets, which can be difficult for an author to see in their own work, by reading the text carefully before it goes to press.",
  "synonyms": [
    "dyad"
  ],
  "subject": "Industrial printing",
  "see_also": [
    "double",
    "triple",
    "quadruple",
    "triad",
    "microdoublet"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "de": "Doppelsatz",
    "es": "duplicado",
    "fr": "doublon"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/industrial/doublet/"
}

Record 2,004 of 7,361 in Industrial and trades terminology (MLC-0113). Request the full dataset.