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chromosome
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noun
a threadlike strand of DNA in the cell nucleus that carries the genes in a linear order
humans have 22 chromosome pairs plus two sex chromosomes
doubling
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noun
(= double)
raising the stakes in a card game by a factor of 2
I decided his double was a bluff
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noun
increase by a factor of two
doubling with a computer took no time at all