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Meaning of Coupler | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
ˈkʌp(ə)lə

Definitions

  1. Someone who couples things together, especially someone whose job it is to couple railway carriages.
  2. Anything that serves to couple things together; but especially a device that couples railway carriages.
  3. A device that connects two keyboards of an organ together so that they play together.
  4. A device used to convert electronic information into audible sound signals for transmission over telephone lines.
  5. An electrical device used to transfer energy from one electric device to another, especially without a physical connection.

Equivalents

العربية المقرنة تعشيقة
Български съединител
Čeština spojka spřáhlo
Cymraeg cyplwr cyplydd
Deutsch Koppel Koppler
Suomi kytkin
Français coupler
Polski sprzęg

Examples

“Another example of up-to-date practice is that all locomotives and rolling stock have automatic couplers.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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