coupling
English
Etymology
From Middle English couplyng; equivalent to couple + -ing.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkʌplɪŋ/
Verb
coupling
- present participle of couple
Noun
coupling (plural couplings)
- act of joining together to form a couple
- a device that couples two things together
- (computing) the degree of reliance between two program modules
- (electronics) a connection between two electronic circuits such that a signal can pass between them
- (physics) The property of physical systems that they are interacting with each other
- (sexuality) sexual intercourse
Synonyms
- (computing) dependency
Antonyms
- (computing) cohesion
Hyponyms
- capacitive coupling
- common coupling
- conductive coupling
- content coupling
- control coupling
- data coupling
- data-structured coupling
- external coupling
- global coupling
- inductive coupling
- loose coupling
- low coupling
- message coupling
- no coupling
- pathological coupling
- stamp coupling
- tight coupling
Related terms
- decoupling
Translations
act of joining together to form a couple
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device that couples two things together
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sexual intercourse — see sexual intercourse
(computing) degree of reliance between two program modules
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(electronics) connection between two electronic circuits such that a signal can pass between them
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(physics) property of physical systems that they are interacting with each other
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References
coupling (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Middle English
Noun
coupling
- Alternative form of couplyng