decouple
To unlink; to take apart or come apartTo unlink; to take apart or come apart.
» Two carriages need to be decoupled.
Zwei Wagen müssen entkuppelt werden. — Esperantostern
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Examples
2 sentencesTwo carriages need to be decoupled.
deZwei Wagen müssen entkuppelt werden. — Esperantostern
The locomotive was decoupled from the railway carriages.
deDie Lokomotive wurde von den Waggons getrennt. — Yorwba
Meaning
2 senses(ambitransitive)To unlink; to take apart or come apart.
radiation decoupled from matter
to decouple a spent rocket stage
entkoppeln
(transitive)To muffle the seismic waves of (a nuclear explosion) by performing it underground.
- disconnect or separate
- regard as unconnected
- eliminate airborne shock waves from (an explosive)
- reduce or eliminate the coupling of (one circuit or part to another)
Origin
From Middle French découpler. By surface analysis, de- + couple.From Middle French découpler. By surface analysis, de- + couple.
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Forms
decouples, decoupling, decoupled, decoupledTenses
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Synonyms
4 synonyms- disconnect or separate:uncouple
- regard as unconnected:dissociate
Word family
4 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.