单词 | duplet |
释义 | dupletn.ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > games of chance > dice-playing > [noun] > throw > doublets or triplets ames-ace?a1300 ternsa1400 doubletc1450 sinesc1450 in and in1633 pair royal1656 duplet1671 loader1693 snake eyes1918 1671 J. Dryden Evening's Love iii. 44 To throw with three Dice, till Duplets and a chance be thrown; and the highest Duplets wins. 2. Physics. A pair of electrons with opposite spins, esp. one forming a covalent or co-ordinate bond between two atoms. ΚΠ 1921 I. Langmuir in Science 22 July 60/2 According to Postulate 1, the first complete layer in any atom consists of two electrons close to the nucleus. Let us call this stable pair of electrons a duplet and let us broaden the definition of duplet to include any pair of electrons which is rendered stable by its proximity to one or more positive charges. We may now state the second postulate... Two atoms may be coupled together by one or more duplets held in common by the completed sheaths of the atoms. 1922 F. W. Aston Isotopes 96 The atoms may be coupled together by one or more ‘duplets’ held in common by the complete sheaths of the atoms. 1940 S. Glasstone Text-bk. Physical Chem. i. 8 Sharing of electrons occurs in pairs, each pair or duplet being equivalent to one conventional chemical bond. 3. Music. A group of two notes or beats; spec. (see quot. 1938). (Cf. triplet n. 2c). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > duration of notes > proportion of notes or rhythm > [noun] > divisions according to rhythm bar1781 spondee1861 duplet1922 1922 S. Grew Art of Player-piano v. 33 We are..able to take the duplet-division of the beat. 1938 Oxf. Compan. Music 273/1 A duplet is a group of two [notes] or its equivalent, to be performed in the time of three. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.1671 |
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