Decoupling

noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The act or process by which something is decoupled.; The unhitching of railcars. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    The act or process by which something is decoupled.; The disentangling of economic interdependencies. countable, uncountable
  3. 3
    The emission of photons during Recombination. countable, uncountable

    "Directly combining in a low energy state (ground state) is less efficient, so these hydrogen atoms generally form with the electrons still in a high-energy state, and once combined, the electrons quickly release energy in the form of one or more photons as they transition to a low energy state. This release of photons is known as photon decoupling."

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of decouple form-of, gerund, participle, present

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