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Decoupling
noun, verb
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Noun
- 1 The act or process by which something is decoupled.; The unhitching of railcars. countable, uncountable
- 2 The act or process by which something is decoupled.; The disentangling of economic interdependencies. countable, uncountable
- 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 present participle and gerund of decouple form-of, gerund, participle, present
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