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Meanings of coupling in English

Portuguese
acasalamento
Catalan
aparellament

The act of pairing a male and female for reproductive purposes.

acasalamento
Portuguese
jugo
Catalan
jou

A connection (like a clamp or vise) between two things so they move together.

jugo
Portuguese
acoplamento
Catalan
acoblament

A mechanical device that serves to connect the ends of adjacent objects.

acoplamento
Usage of coupling in English
1
Electric toothbrushes use a form of wireless power transmission called inductive coupling.
Wired
2
Future research should be aimed at development of noninvasive measures of coupling.
Pubmed
3
However, this coupling did not include the key function of kinase inhibition.
Pubmed
4
Transition-metal-catalyzed decarboxylative coupling presents a new and important direction in synthetic chemistry.
Pubmed
5
Men sprawled in the road; sounds of coupling came from the huts.
Celtic fire
6
The development must therefore be more in the nature of gametic coupling.
Hormones and Heredity / A Discussion of the Evolution of Adaptat...
7
These results highlight the critical role of gap-junctional coupling in myotube formation.
Pubmed
8
First attempts to use these complexes in Negishi-type cross-coupling reactions were successful.
Pubmed
9
The magnetic susceptibility data suggest different coupling interactions for the two complexes.
Pubmed
10
It had been an unexpected but welcome outcome to the forced coupling.
Wench: a novel
11
In 1, the proton-proton long-range coupling phenomenon claimed attention and was discussed.
Pubmed
12
The rate-determining step of this multi-step process is the C-C coupling step.
Pubmed
13
This link -the coupling -is made possible by quantum entanglement.
Wired
14
It is shown that impaired electrical coupling does not change mechanical coupling.
Pubmed
15
Susan knew she would never forget the joy of this first coupling.
Four dukes and a devil
16
Who to talk to about this strange coupling in an All-Ireland semi-final?
The Irish Times
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Coupling through the time
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