coupling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkʌplɪŋ/
Forms: form: couplings
Etymology: From Middle English couplynge; equivalent to couple + -ing.
Senses: examples: text: 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.
ref: 1960 June, “Talking of trains: The new Margam yard”, in Trains Illustrated, page 323:
glosses: The act of joining together to form a couple.
glosses: A device that couples two things together.
examples: text: 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.
ref: 2009, Robert C. Martin, chapter 10, in Clean Code, Prentice Hall, →ISBN, page 150:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
software
synonyms: dependency
coordinate_terms: cohesion
glosses: The degree of reliance between two or more software modules.
topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A connection between two electronic circuits such that a signal can pass between them.
topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The property of physical systems that they are interacting with each other
examples: text: 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.
ref: 2022 March 20, Jason Bailey, “‘Basic Instinct’ at 30: A Time Capsule That Can Still Offend”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
topics: lifestyle
sexuality
synonyms: word: aphrodisia
word: carnal knowledge
word: coitus
word: coition
word: commerce
word: commixtion
word: congress
word: conjunction
word: connection
word: consummation
word: conversation
word: copulation
word: coupling
word: intercourse
word: intimacy
word: intimate relations
word: intromission
word: joining
word: lovemaking
word: lustmaking
word: marital embrace
word: mating
word: mounting
raw_tags: for animals
word: pareunia
word: penetration
word: relations
word: sex
word: sexual congress
word: sexual intercourse
word: sexual relation
word: sexual union
word: swiving
word: union
word: the beast with two backs
word: the birds and the bees
word: boom-boom
word: chesterfield rugby
word: horizontal dancing
word: horizontal hula
word: horizontal jogging
word: horizontal mambo
word: horizontal refreshments
word: how's your father
word: love
word: Netflix and chill
word: physical love
word: roll in the hay
word: Ugandan affairs
word: Ugandan discussions
word: action
word: ass
word: bang
word: barney-mugging
word: beef injection
word: bonking
word: cuntfuck
word: fucking
word: frig
word: fucky-fucky
word: hot beef injection
word: hump
word: humpa humpa
word: jig-jig
word: jiggy-jiggy
word: lay
word: legover
word: meat injection
word: nookie
word: old hat
word: pipe
word: plow
word: plough
word: poon
word: poontang
word: punani
word: pussy
word: ride
word: root
word: rumpo
word: rumpy-pumpy
word: seeing-to
word: sexy time
word: sexy times
word: screw
word: screwing
word: shag
word: skin
word: snu snu
word: tang
word: trim
word: hanky-panky
word: funny business
word: making whoopee
word: jiggery-pokery
word: monkey business
word: fooling about
word: fooling around
word: playing around
glosses: An act of sexual intercourse.
examples: text: 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.
ref: 2019, Malcolm Gladwell, Talking to Strangers, page 342:
glosses: A link between the performance of an action and the location where that action occurs or the method used to perform that action.
Hyponyms: capacitive coupling
chopper coupling
claw hammer coupling
common coupling
conductive coupling
content coupling
control coupling
data coupling
data-structured coupling
direct coupling
external coupling
global coupling
inductive coupling
loose coupling
low coupling
message coupling
Negishi coupling
no coupling
Norwegian coupling
pathological coupling
ratchet coupling
running coupling
Sonogashira coupling
stamp coupling
Storz coupling
Suzuki coupling
tight coupling
Derived terms: azocoupling
coupling-box
coupling pin
coupling pole
coupling rod
crosscoupling
electrocoupling
homocoupling
hydrocoupling
mechanocoupling
overcoupling
photocoupling
precoupling
telecoupling
undercoupling
Related terms: decoupling