Coupling

Definitions

1. The act of joining together to form a couple.
   countable, uncountable
2. A device that couples two things together.
   countable, uncountable
3. The degree of reliance between two or more software modules.
   countable, uncountable
4. A connection between two electronic circuits such that a signal can pass between them.
   countable, uncountable
5. The property of physical systems that they are interacting with each other
   countable, uncountable
6. An act of sexual intercourse.
   countable, uncountable
7. A link between the performance of an action and the location where that action occurs or the method used to perform that action.
   countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“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.”

“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.”

“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.”

“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.”

CEFR level