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coupling

[kuhp-ling] / ˈkʌp lɪŋ /


NOUN
sexual intercourse
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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

Experiments show that the motility of bull sperm is decreased by dinitrophenol, which interferes with the energy- coupling mechanism with inevitable loss of energy.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson

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

Typically, stronger couplings between qubits can lead to more of this persistent background noise, known as static ZZ interactions.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 25, 2023

It was a “perfect coupling” of the magnetic field of the particles and the magnetic field of Earth—and unfortunately, he says, such chance couplings are “impossible to predict.”

From Scientific American ● Mar. 30, 2023

The locksmith hears no whistles, no rattling couplings: no trains.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr


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