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coupling

[kuhp-ling] / ˈkʌp lɪŋ /


NOUN
sexual intercourse
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Their new strategy, recently reported in Nature, addresses a long-standing problem involving electron-transfer selectivity and could make a wide range of previously inaccessible coupling reactions possible.

From Science Daily Aug. 9, 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

The idea would be to launch several rockets, one carrying crew or cargo, and the others carrying tanks of liquid oxygen and liquid methane that would be offloaded through coupling.

From Barron's Jun. 12, 2026

The fact that he’d previously lied about their coupling, and hadn’t done the spiritual work to put it behind him, ruled out his participation in the mission.

From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel

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

That classical-quantum couplings might explain localistation of the wavefunction has been suggested by others including M. Hall and M. Reginatto, Diosi and Tilloy, and David Poulin.

From Science Daily Dec. 4, 2023

Atoms can be surprisingly picky about their couplings with light.

From Scientific American Oct. 4, 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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