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UK
/kˈʌplɪŋ/
]
[ US /ˈkəpɫɪŋ/ ]
[ US /ˈkəpɫɪŋ/ ]
NOUN
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the act of pairing a male and female for reproductive purposes
the mating of some species occurs only in the spring
the casual couplings of adolescents - a connection (like a clamp or vise) between two things so they move together
- a mechanical device that serves to connect the ends of adjacent objects
How To Use coupling In A Sentence
- A study of long-term coupling in which the partners were unhappy, showed that women more than men were likely to suffer from high blood pressure and obesity. Diana Kirschner: Is Marriage Toxic to Women? Musings on Valentine's Day
- The reason we don't do it more is that coupling and uncoupling trains adds to the journey time.
- (Hamburg, 1893).] the poisonous character of the former would be lessened by the introduction of the carbonic acid esters and subsequent coupling of the substances (depside formation). Synthetic Tannins
- Are photography and surrealism such an ‘unnatural coupling,’ as one observer has recently suggested?
- The spatial proximities between labels are determined by heteronuclear dipolar couplings, which are measured by rotational-echo double resonance (Gullion and Schaefer, 1989 ab).
- Other techniques of electrical stimulation involve capacitive coupling and inductive coupling pulsed electromagnetic stimulation.
- In particular, the morphological structures of the evolving dust aggregates and, therefore, their dynamic coupling to the nebular gas motion and their further evolution have hardly been investigated empirically.
- Theoretical analysis and test results demonstrate the new algorithm decreases the value of cross coupling when used in directional sensitivity calibration.
- There is some risk of the de-coupling of Turkey, Turkey's estrangement from the West, said Ian Lesser. Recent Study Shows Turkey Turning Away from West
- However, as these QTL appear to be tightly linked in coupling phase, the combined intercrosses do not provide sufficient resolution to separate the effects.