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Double Bass: Largest and lowest-pitched member of the bowed string family. Also called contrabass or bass viol

Contrabassoon: Double-reed woodwind instrument with the lowest range in the woodwind family. Also double bassoon.

Double Tide: A double-headed tide, that is, a high water consisting of two maxima of nearly the same height separated by a relatively small depression, or a low water consisting of two minima separated b . . . View Full Definition

Double Taxation: One of the main disadvantages of corporate ownership of income property is that the profits are subject to double taxation. As a legal entity, a corporation must file an income tax return an . . . View Full Definition

Double Top: Double top is term that technical analysts use to describe a stock price pattern that, when depicted on a chart, shows two gains to the same dollar level separated by a price drop. For examp . . . View Full Definition

Double Team: When two players from the same team move up to guard one offensive player it's called a double team. When two players cover an offensive player in a corner it's also known as a 'trap'.

Double Up: A term used in technical analysis to refer to the rise of a stock's price, a drop, and then a rise back to the same level as the original rise.

Double-Banana Plugs: Are the same as banana plugs, except the positive and negative banana connectors are both fixed in a molded housing that spaces them 3/4' apart. (These are even quicker and easier to connect . . . View Full Definition

Double-Barreled: A trading day when of two related classes of options and futures expire, resulting in a variety of arbitrage strategies to close out positions.

Double Wood: Any two pins such that one is directly behind the other; i.e., the 2-8; 3-9; 1-5. Same as barmaid.