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Webster 1913 Edition
Coupling
Coup′ling
(-l?ng)
, Noun.
1.
The act of bringing or coming together; connection; sexual union.
2.
(Mach.)
A device or contrivance which serves to couple or connect adjacent parts or objects;
as, a belt
. coupling
, which connects the ends of a belt; a car coupling
, which connects the cars in a train; a shaft coupling
, which connects the ends of shaftsBox coupling
, Chain coupling
See under
– Box
, Chain. Coupling box
, a coupling shaped like a journal box, for clamping together the ends of two shafts, so that they may revolve together.
– Coupling pin
, a pin or bolt used in coupling or joining together railroad cars, etc.
Webster 1828 Edition
Coupling
COUPLING
,ppr.
COUPLING
,Noun.
1.
That which couples or connects. 2 Chronicles 342.The act of coupling.
Definition 2024
coupling
coupling
English
Verb
coupling
- present participle of couple
Noun
coupling (plural couplings)
- act of joining together to form a couple
- a device that couples two things together
- (computing) the degree of reliance between two program modules
- (electronics) a connection between two electronic circuits such that a signal can pass between them
- (physics) The property of physical systems that they are interacting with each other
- (sexuality) sexual intercourse
Synonyms
- (computing) dependency
Antonyms
- (computing) cohesion
Derived terms
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
act of joining together to form a couple
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device that couples two things together
sexual intercourse — see sexual intercourse
(computing) degree of reliance between two program modules
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(electronics) connection between two electronic circuits such that a signal can pass between them