This month, Austria’s Greens joined the governing coalition in Vienna, led by the right-wing conservative People’s Party, a coupling that would have been unthinkable a few years ago.
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Coupling
//ˈkʌplɪŋ//
Synonyms for "coupling" (213 found)
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Noun(53 words)
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61 translations across 16 languages.
Armenian
2 entries- կցորդիչ noun (device that couples two things together)
- կցորդում noun (act of joining together to form a couple)
Bulgarian
2 entries- съедини́тел noun (device that couples two things together)
- чифтосване noun (act of joining together to form a couple)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 耦合 noun ((electronics) connection between two electronic circuits such that a signal can pass between them)
Czech
4 entries- spojení noun (act of joining together to form a couple)
- spojka noun (device that couples two things together)
- spřažení noun (act of joining together to form a couple)
- spřáhlo noun (device that couples two things together)
Finnish
4 entries- kytkentä noun (act of joining together to form a couple)
- kytkentä noun ((software engineering) degree of reliance between two program modules)
- kytkentä noun ((electronics) connection between two electronic circuits such that a signal can pass between them)
- kytkentä noun ((physics) property of physical systems that they are interacting with each other)
French
1 entries- dépendance noun ((software engineering) degree of reliance between two program modules)
German
4 entries- Einkopplung noun ((electronics) connection between two electronic circuits such that a signal can pass between them)
- Koppler noun (device that couples two things together)
- Kopplung noun ((software engineering) degree of reliance between two program modules)
- Kopplung noun ((physics) property of physical systems that they are interacting with each other)
Greek
4 entries- ένωση noun ((electronics) connection between two electronic circuits such that a signal can pass between them)
- ζευγάρωμα noun (act of joining together to form a couple)
- ζευκτήρας noun (device that couples two things together)
- σύζευξη noun (act of joining together to form a couple)
Italian
1 entries- aggancio noun (act of joining together to form a couple)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- kobling noun (device that couples two things together)
Polish
3 entries- sprzęg noun (device that couples two things together)
- sprzęganie noun (act of joining together to form a couple)
- sprzężenie noun ((physics) property of physical systems that they are interacting with each other)
Romanian
4 entries- ambreiaj noun (device that couples two things together)
- conectare noun ((electronics) connection between two electronic circuits such that a signal can pass between them)
- contact noun ((electronics) connection between two electronic circuits such that a signal can pass between them)
- cuplaj noun (device that couples two things together)
Russian
4 entries- зави́симость noun ((software engineering) degree of reliance between two program modules)
- конта́кт noun ((electronics) connection between two electronic circuits such that a signal can pass between them)
- му́фта noun (device that couples two things together)
- свя́занность noun ((software engineering) degree of reliance between two program modules)
Spanish
4 entries- acoplador noun (device that couples two things together)
- acoplamiento noun (act of joining together to form a couple)
- acoplamiento noun ((electronics) connection between two electronic circuits such that a signal can pass between them)
- enganche noun (act of joining together to form a couple)
Turkish
1 entries- bağlama noun ((software engineering) degree of reliance between two program modules)
Welsh
2 entries- cyplwr noun (device that couples two things together)
- cyplydd noun (device that couples two things together)
Sample sentences
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It is the first British yard in which every activity of hump marshalling, except for the driving of the hump locomotive and the uncoupling and coupling of wagons, is fully automatic or drastically simplified by modern aids.
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The lack of coupling means that the elements of our system are better isolated from each other and from change. This isolation makes it easier to understand each element of the system.
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The biggest film of March 1992 was “Basic Instinct,” an erotic thriller featuring an established movie star in explicit onscreen couplings with a sexy up-and-comer.
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