- present participle of couple.
coupling
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By comparing the modern climate with several centuries of past conditions, they were also able to judge how unusual the current weakening of Indian and Pacific Ocean coupling really is.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 13, 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
That mutual struggle is something they can both understand, and it’s an integral part of why their coupling works.
From Salon ● Jul. 4, 2026
Harry only stopped staring at this unlikely coupling when he walked right into a suit of armor.
From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling
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
Over the clatter and banging of the wheels and couplings we cheered and they yelled back, both sides taken by surprise.
From "A Separate Peace" by John Knowles
