- present participle of couple.
coupling
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The findings demonstrate non-local coupling between spatially separated spin systems.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 24, 2026
People pay a premium for iPhones because they perceive value in the tight coupling of hardware, software and apps inside Apple’s ecosystem.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026
“Asmodeus” is a bewildering incantation about the coupling of poetry and squalor.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026
Until this series, the opening coupling had always seen the men choose first.
From BBC ● Jul. 25, 2026
Then he uncoupled them and fastened the hose to the coupling pipe and fitted the other end of the hose to the gasbottle and carried it out to the saloon.
From "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy
In addition, the team will explore the possibility of creating quantum materials, in which radical molecular units lead magnetic exchange couplings between the units as designed -- a quantum mechanical effect.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 6, 2024
Once the animals are brought together, their couplings will alert conservancy staff that the timing is right for reproductive success.
From National Geographic ● Jan. 24, 2024
Each new school also got an emergency generator and exterior couplings to receive clean water from tankers.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 7, 2024
Atoms can be surprisingly picky about their couplings with light.
From Scientific American ● Oct. 4, 2023
The train lurches forward, the cars jerking as the engine pulls the slack from their couplings.
From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen
