coupling

English

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Noun

coupling (plural couplings)

1. act of joining together to form a couple
2. a device that couples two things together
3. (computing) the degree of reliance between two program modules
4. (electronics) a connection between two electronic circuits such that a signal can pass between them
5. (physics) The property of physical systems that they are interacting with each other
6. (sexuality) sexual intercourse

Synonyms

• (computing) dependency

Antonyms

• (computing) cohesion

Derived terms

Derived terms

capacitive coupling common coupling conductive coupling content coupling control coupling data coupling

data-structured coupling external coupling global coupling inductive coupling low coupling loose coupling

message coupling no coupling pathological coupling stamp coupling

Related terms

• decoupling

Translations

act of joining together to form a couple

• Bulgarian: чифтосване (bg) n (čiftosvane)
• Finnish: yhdistäminen, yhteenliittäminen, kytkentä (fi)

• Russian: соединение (ru) (sojedinénije) n , стыковка (ru) (stykóvka) f , сцепка (ru) (scépka) f 

device that couples two things together

• Bulgarian: съединител (bg) (sǎedinítel) m 
• Finnish: liitin (fi), yhde (fi)

• Russian: соединитель (ru) (sojedinítelʹ) m , муфта (ru) (múfta) f 

sexual intercourse — see sexual intercourse

(computingcoupling) degree of reliance between two program modules

• French: dépendance (fr) f
• German: Kopplung (de) f

• Russian: связанность (ru) (svjázannostʹ) f , зависимость (ru) (zavísimostʹ) f 
• Turkish: bağlama (tr)

(electronicscoupling) connection between two electronic circuits such that a signal can pass between them

• Finnish: kytkentä (fi)
• German: Einkopplung (de) f

• Russian: контакт (ru) (kontákt) m 

(physicscoupling) property of physical systems that they are interacting with each other

• Finnish: kytkentä (fi)
• German: Kopplung (de) f

• Russian: связь (ru) (svjazʹ) f , связанность (ru) (svjázannostʹ) f