coupling

Academic Word List, sublist 7.

About 8.19 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun The act of joining together to form a couple.
2. noun A device that couples two things together.
3. noun The degree of reliance between two or more software modules.
4. noun A connection between two electronic circuits such that a signal can pass between them.
5. noun The property of physical systems that they are interacting with each other
6. noun An act of sexual intercourse.
7. noun A link between the performance of an action and the location where that action occurs or the method used to perform that action.
8. verb present participle and gerund of couple

Similar words

pairing conjugation union mating sexual union coupler yoke merge combine combination

Often followed by

of between is to constant and in constants with

Word family

couple coupled couples couplings