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- Dictionaryde·cou·ple/dēˈkəpəl/
verb
- 1. separate, disengage, or dissociate (something) from something else: "the mountings effectively decouple movements of the engine from those of the wheels"
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: to eliminate the interrelationship of : separate. Synonyms. break up. disassociate. disconnect. disjoint. dissever. dissociate. disunite. divide. divorce. part. ramify. resolve. separate. sever. split. sunder. uncouple. unlink. unyoke. See all Synonyms & Antonyms in Thesaurus. Examples of decouple in a Sentence.
to separate two or more things or activities, or to become separated: decouple (sth) from sth Europe and Japan might decouple from the United States by growing on their own, but right now they're dependent.
to cause to become separated, disconnected, or divergent; uncouple. to absorb the shock of (a nuclear explosion): a surrounding mass of earth and rock can decouple a nuclear blast. Electronics. to loosen or eliminate the coupling of (a signal between two circuits).
verb. If two countries, organizations, or ideas that were connected in some way are decoupled, the connection between them is ended. [formal] ...a conception which decouples culture and politics. [VERB noun] The issue threatened to decouple Europe from the United States. [VERB noun + from]
1. Electronics To reduce or eliminate the coupling of (one circuit or part to another). 2. Physics To decrease or eliminate airborne shock waves from (an explosion) by having it take place underground. 3. To separate or detach: "Bipeds have a potential advantage over quadrupeds in decoupling their breathing from their locomotion" (Craig Stanford).
to separate two or more things or activities, or to become separated: decouple (sth) from sth Europe and Japan might decouple from the United States by growing on their own, but right now they're dependent.
decouple. [ dee- kuhp - uh l ] Phonetic (Standard) IPA. verb (used with object) , de·cou·pled, de·cou·pling. to cause to become separated, disconnected, or divergent; uncouple. to absorb the shock of (a nuclear explosion): a surrounding mass of earth and rock can decouple a nuclear blast.
Definitions of decouple. verb. disconnect or separate. synonyms: uncouple. see more. verb. regard as unconnected. “ decouple our foreign policy from ideology”. synonyms: dissociate.
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decouple something (from something) to end the connection or relationship between two things. Gasoline prices have been decoupled from crude oil prices.
