Coupling
of Couple
The act of bringing or coming together; connection; sexual union.
A device or contrivance which serves to couple or connect adjacent parts or objects; as, a belt coupling, which connects the ends of a belt; a car coupling, which connects the cars in a train; a shaft coupling, which connects the ends of shafts.
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Coupling Quotations
I confess that for fifteen years my efforts in education, and my hopes of success in establishing a system of national education, have always been associated with the idea of coupling the education of this country with the religious communities which exist.
Richard Cobden
Direction coupling between the various radiations generated in a nuclear reaction both with one another and with the initiating radiation can also be detected and measured by coincidences; this provides valuable information about the structure of the atomic nuclei.
Walther Bothe
This coupling together of science with international peace, is, I think, particularly significant.
Irving Langmuir
Coupling Translations
coupling in French is embrayant, accolant, embrayage
coupling in German is Kupplung, Koppelung, Kopplung
coupling in Swedish is koppling
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