coupling
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coupling
- /ˈkʌplɪŋ/
Where it comes from
From Middle English couplynge; equivalent to couple + -ing.
noun couplings
- The act of joining together to form a couple. It is the first British yard in which every activity of hump marshalling, except for the driving of the hump locomotive and the uncoupling and coupling of wagons, is fully automatic or drastically simplified by modern aids.
- A device that couples two things together.
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The degree of reliance between two or more software modules.
The lack of coupling means that the elements of our system are better isolated from each other and from change. This isolation makes it easier to understand each element of the system.
Similar: dependency
- A connection between two electronic circuits such that a signal can pass between them.
- The property of physical systems that they are interacting with each other
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An act of sexual intercourse.
The biggest film of March 1992 was “Basic Instinct,” an erotic thriller featuring an established movie star in explicit onscreen couplings with a sexy up-and-comer.
Similar: aphrodisia, carnal knowledge, coitus, coition, commerce, commixtion, congress, conjunction, connection, consummation, conversation, copulation
- A link between the performance of an action and the location where that action occurs or the method used to perform that action. It seems just as likely, though, that it simply never occurred to him to think about crime as something so tightly tied to place. Literary theorists and bridge engineers and police chiefs struggle with coupling.
verb
- present participle and gerund of couple
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: pairing, conjugation, union, mating, sexual union, coupler, yoke, merge, combine, combination, combining, connection, linking, link, linked, linkage
Translations
Every language
noun act of joining together to form a couple
| Español | enganche, acoplamiento, entronque |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | Verbindung, Verkupplung |
| Italiano | aggancio |
| Ελληνικά | σύζευξη sýzefxi, ζευγάρωμα zevgároma |
| Română | cuplare, legare |
| Русский | соедине́ние sojedinénije, стыко́вка stykóvka, сце́пка scépka |
noun device that couples two things together
| Español | acoplador, juntura |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | Verbindung, Kupplung, Koppler |
| Ελληνικά | ζευκτήρας zefktíras |
| Română | ambreiaj, cuplaj |
| Русский | соедини́тель sojedinítelʹ, му́фта múfta |
noun (software engineering) degree of reliance between two program modules
| Français | dépendance |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | Kopplung |
| Русский | свя́занность svjázannostʹ, зави́симость zavísimostʹ |
noun (electronics) connection between two electronic circuits such that a signal can pass between them
| Español | acoplamiento |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 耦合 ǒuhé |
| Deutsch | Einkopplung |
| Ελληνικά | σύνδεση sýndesi, ένωση énosi |
| Română | conectare, contact |
| Русский | конта́кт kontákt |
noun (physics) property of physical systems that they are interacting with each other
| Deutsch | Kopplung |
|---|---|
| Русский | связь svjazʹ, свя́занность svjázannostʹ |
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title = {coupling},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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