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Coupling

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Noun

1. coupling, yoke

a connection (like a clamp or vise) between two things so they move together

2. coupler, coupling

a mechanical device that serves to connect the ends of adjacent objects

3. conjugation, coupling, mating, pairing, sexual union, union

the act of pairing a male and female for reproductive purposes

Example Sentences:
'the casual couplings of adolescents'
'the mating of some species occurs only in the spring'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Coupling

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noun
1. 
a mechanical device that connects two things
2. 
a device for connecting railway cars or trucks together
3. 
the part of the body of a horse, dog, or other quadruped that lies between the forequarters and the hindquarters
4. electronics
the act or process of linking two or more circuits so that power can be transferred between them usually by mutual induction, as in a transformer, or by means of a capacitor or inductor common to both circuits
See also direct coupling
5. physics
an interaction between different properties of a system, such as a group of atoms or nuclei, or between two or more systems
6. genetics
the occurrence of two specified nonallelic genes from the same parent on the same chromosome

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Coupling

see synonyms of coupling
noun
1. 
the act of joining together, pairing, copulating, etc.
2. 
a flexible or rigid mechanical device or part for joining parts together, as two shafts
3. 
coupler (sense a)
4. 
the part of the body, as of a dog or horse, between the hipbones and the ribs; loin
5. 
a method or device for joining two electric circuits for the transference of energy from one to the other

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Coupling

see synonyms of coupling
n.
1. The act of linking together or forming couples.
2. The act of uniting sexually.
3. A device that links or connects.
4. Electronics The transfer of electricity from one circuit to another.
5. Chemistry Facilitation or acceleration of one chemical process due to the presence or action of another.
6. The body part of a four-footed animal that connects the hindquarters to the forequarters.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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