Decoupling
noun, verb ·3 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 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."
- 1 present participle and gerund of decouple form-of, gerund, participle, present
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More examples""Mary, history says that the Roman Empire had bread and circuses for the masses, but really it was a vast conspiracy by the Roman oligarchy to change the very structure of Latin itself. By using a method of 'pronounic decoupling', the implicit mechanisms of Latin were disengaged and its speakers were hardly ever able to understand each other. And that's why I got drunk last night," said Tom."
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