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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Uncoupling
Synonyms for "uncoupling" (22 found)
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9 entriesdisconnecting actiondisengagementengineering conceptinterpersonal processmechanical processmetabolic processseparationsignal processing conceptsystem transformation
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17 entriescontroller decouplingelectrical decouplinggear uncouplinglinkage releasemarital separationmechanical decouplingmechanical uncouplingmitochondrial uncouplingorganizational decouplingpolicy uncouplingrailway uncouplingrelationship uncouplingromantic breakupshaft uncouplingsubsystem decouplingthermogenic uncoupling
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9 entrieschemical uncouplingelectrical uncouplingmechanical uncouplingmitochondrial uncouplingtrain uncouplinguncoupling mechanismuncoupling procedureuncoupling processuncoupling protein
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This uncoupling done, Gimbert opened the regulator as Nightall climbed back onto the footplate, in order to pull the one burning wagon away from the rest of the bomb-laden train.
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