Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb Electronics To reduce or eliminate the coupling of (one circuit or part to another).
- transitive verb Physics To decrease or eliminate airborne shock waves from (an explosion) by having it take place underground.
- transitive verb To separate or detach.
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- verb transitive to
unlink ; to take apart
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb regard as unconnected
- verb disconnect or separate
- verb reduce or eliminate the coupling of (one circuit or part to another)
- verb eliminate airborne shock waves from (an explosive)
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Examples
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It seems likely that gold and silver prices will decouple from the official spot price as this crisis unfolds.
Archive 2008-10-01 Not a sheep 2008
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Thus, while sound has been, and continues to be, understood as too material, not fully able to decouple from the realm of the material, fantasies of a disembodied voice increasingly defined the imagination for the castrato singer on the part of English listeners and readers.
Sounds Romantic: The Castrato and English Poetics Around 1800 2005
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"This is showing that the U.S. can decouple, which is good for us and it's good for them," Paul Zemsky, the New York-based head of asset allocation for ING Investment Management, said in a phone interview.
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The team's key innovation was to find a way to completely disconnect - or "decouple" - interactions between the elements of their quantum circuit.
BBC News - Home 2011
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Also, Virginia is legally able, if it wishes, to "decouple" itself from the federal ban on sales taxes on Internet sales, an action that would gain $157 million annually, plus provide more local revenue.
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The move would 'decouple' the two sets of provisions, Democrats said, and focus the debate when tax cuts for the rich expired next year or the year after.
Wonkbook: WH's new tax cut strategy; Bernanke's fears; Sorensen remembered Ezra Klein 2010
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But Republicans have refused any effort to "decouple" the two categories, insisting on extending both for the same duration, in order to avoid having to push for extending just the tax cuts for the rich later.
The Morning Plum Greg Sargent 2010
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He wants to "decouple" the cuts for the upper-brackets from the middle-class cuts by extending the two sets of provisions for different periods of time.
Obama seeking compromise on Bush tax cuts Lori Montgomery 2010
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He wants to "decouple" the cuts for the upper-brackets from the middle-class cuts by extending the two sets of provisions for different periods of time.
Obama seeking compromise on Bush tax cuts Lori Montgomery 2010
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He wants to "decouple" the cuts for the upper-brackets from the middle-class cuts by extending the two sets of provisions for different periods of time.
Obama seeking compromise on Bush tax cuts Lori Montgomery 2010
bilby commented on the word decouple
Disassemble.
April 9, 2009