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outcouple

outcouple verb: to remove the coupling between two interacting beams of laser light.

Verb

outcouple (third-person singular simple present outcouples, present participle outcoupling, simple past and past participle outcoupled)

  1. To remove the coupling between two interacting beams of laser light
  2. To let laser light escape from its confining cavity

Forms of outcouple

third-person singular presentoutcouples
present participleoutcoupling
past participleoutcoupled
pastoutcoupled

Origin of outcouple

From out- + couple.

Questions about outcouple

What does outcouple mean?
Outcouple means to remove the coupling between two interacting beams of laser light.
What part of speech is outcouple?
Outcouple is a verb.
What is the past tense of outcouple?
The past tense of outcouple is outcoupled.

Words near outcouple in the dictionary

  1. outcorners
  2. outcount
  3. outcounted
  4. outcounting
  5. outcounts
  6. outcouple
  7. outcoupled
  8. outcouples
  9. outcoupling
  10. outcourt
  11. outcourted

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