coupling

English

Etymology

From Middle English couplyng; equivalent to couple +‎ -ing.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkʌplɪŋ/

Verb

coupling

1. present participle of couple

Noun

coupling (plural couplings)

1. act of joining together to form a couple
   • 1960 June, “Talking of trains: The new Margam yard”, in Trains Illustrated, page 323:

     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.

2. a device that couples two things together
3. (computing) the degree of reliance between two program modules
4. (electronics) a connection between two electronic circuits such that a signal can pass between them
5. (physics) The property of physical systems that they are interacting with each other
6. (sexuality) sexual intercourse

Synonyms

• (computing) dependency

Antonyms

• (computing) cohesion

Hyponyms

• capacitive coupling
• common coupling
• conductive coupling
• content coupling
• control coupling
• data coupling
• data-structured coupling
• external coupling
• global coupling
• inductive coupling
• loose coupling
• low coupling
• message coupling
• no coupling
• pathological coupling
• stamp coupling
• tight coupling

 

Related terms

• decoupling

Translations

act of joining together to form a couple

• Armenian: կցորդում (hy) (kcʿordum)
• Bulgarian: чифтосване n (čiftosvane)
• Finnish: yhdistäminen (fi), yhteenliittäminen, kytkentä
• German: Verbindung (de) f, Verkupplung f
• Greek: σύζευξη (el) f (sýzefxi), ζευγάρωμα (el) n (zevgároma)

• Polish: sprzęganie (pl) n
• Romanian: cuplare (ro) f, legare (ro) f
• Russian: соедине́ние (ru) n (sojedinénije), стыко́вка (ru) f (stykóvka), сце́пка (ru) f (scépka)
• Spanish: enganche (es) m, acoplamiento (es) m (technical), entronque (es) m

device that couples two things together

• Armenian: կցորդիչ (hy) (kcʿordičʿ)
• Bulgarian: съедини́тел (bg) m (sǎedinítel)
• Finnish: liitin (fi), yhde
• German: Verbindung (de) f, Kupplung (de) f, Koppler m (electronics)
• Greek: ζευκτήρας (el) m (zefktíras)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: kobling (no) m or f

• Polish: sprzęg (pl) m
• Romanian: ambreiaj (ro) n, cuplaj (ro) n
• Russian: соедини́тель (ru) m (sojedinítelʹ), му́фта (ru) f (múfta)
• Spanish: acoplador (es) m, juntura (es) f

sexual intercourse — see sexual intercourse

(computing) degree of reliance between two program modules

• Finnish: kytkentä
• French: dépendance (fr) f
• German: Kopplung f

• Russian: свя́занность (ru) f (svjázannostʹ), зави́симость (ru) f (zavísimostʹ)
• Turkish: bağlama (tr)

(electronics) connection between two electronic circuits such that a signal can pass between them

• Finnish: kytkentä
• German: Einkopplung f
• Greek: σύνδεση (el) f (sýndesi), ένωση (el) f (énosi)

• Romanian: conectare (ro) f, contact (ro) n
• Russian: конта́кт (ru) m (kontákt)
• Spanish: acoplamiento (es) m

(physics) property of physical systems that they are interacting with each other

• Finnish: kytkentä
• German: Kopplung f

• Polish: sprzężenie n
• Russian: связь (ru) f (svjazʹ), свя́занность (ru) f (svjázannostʹ)

References

• coupling (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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Middle English

Noun

coupling

1. Alternative form of couplyng