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decoupling

UK[diːˈkʌpəlɪŋ]

decoupling is the present participle and gerund of decouple.

Noun

decoupling (countable and uncountable, plural decouplings)

  1. The unhitching of railcars.
  2. The disentangling of economic interdependencies.
  3. The emission of photons during Recombination.
    • Directly combining in a low energy state (ground state) is less efficient, so these hydrogen atoms generally form with the electrons still in a high-energy state, and once combined, the electrons quickly release energy in the form of one or more photons as they transition to a low energy state....2023 July 13, Wikipedia contributors, “Chronology of the universe”, in English Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation

Meaning of decouple

Verb

decouple (third-person singular simple present decouples, present participle decoupling, simple past and past participle decoupled)

  1. (ambitransitive) To unlink; to take apart or come apart.
    • radiation decoupled from matter
    Synonyms:
    uncouple, unpair, dispair
  2. (transitive) To muffle the seismic waves of (a nuclear explosion) by performing it underground.
    • Smaller explosions and decoupled tests would be permitted. Further, the United States proposed that the three powers should start intensive research on the improvement of methods for detection and identification of underground explosions […]1961, Hans Albrecht Bethe, Edward Teller, The Future of Nuclear Tests, page 18

Forms of decoupling

pluraldecouplings

Questions about decoupling

What does decoupling mean?
Decoupling means the unhitching of railcars.
What is decoupling the present participle and gerund of?
Decoupling is the present participle and gerund of decouple.
What part of speech is decoupling?
Decoupling is a noun.
How do you pronounce decoupling?
Decoupling is pronounced [diːˈkʌpəlɪŋ] (UK).
What is the plural of decoupling?
The plural of decoupling is decouplings.

Words near decoupling in the dictionary

  1. decouplement
  2. decouplements
  3. decoupler
  4. decouplers
  5. decouples
  6. decoupling
  7. decouplings
  8. decourous
  9. decoy
  10. decoy duck
  11. decoy ducks

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