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
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