decouple
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decouple
- [diːˈkʌpəɫ] UK
- [diːˈkʊpəɫ] UK
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From Middle French découpler. By surface analysis, de- + couple.
verb decouples · decoupling · decoupled
- To unlink; to take apart or come apart. radiation decoupled from matter
- To muffle the seismic waves of (a nuclear explosion) by performing it underground. Smaller explosions and decoupled tests would be permitted. Further, the United States proposed that the three powers should start intensive research on the improvement of methods for detection and identification of underground explosions […]