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incouple

incouple verb: to transfer incoming energy (usually light) to an electronic device.

Verb

incouple (third-person singular simple present incouples, present participle incoupling, simple past and past participle incoupled)

  1. To transfer incoming energy (usually light) to an electronic device.
    • In order to characterize the nonlinear switching light was incoupled in only one coupler arm.1996, Nonlinear Optics, page 70
    • The atoms are incoupled via the reversed Raman scheme, emitting probe photons.2008, Vladimír Bužek, Antonino Messina, A. Napoli, Advances and Perspectives in Quantum Optics, page 338

Forms of incouple

third-person singular presentincouples
present participleincoupling
past participleincoupled
pastincoupled

Origin of incouple

From in- + couple.

Words formed from incouple

Questions about incouple

What does incouple mean?
Incouple means to transfer incoming energy (usually light) to an electronic device.
What part of speech is incouple?
Incouple is a verb.
What is the past tense of incouple?
The past tense of incouple is incoupled.

Words near incouple in the dictionary

  1. incountered
  2. incountering
  3. incounters
  4. incountre
  5. incountred
  6. incouple
  7. incoupled
  8. incoupler
  9. incouplers
  10. incouples
  11. incoupling

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