couple

Definition von couple im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch: A small number of. See usage notes
When we got on board again after a couple of hours on shore ….; To join (two things) together, or (one thing) to (another)
I've coupled our system to theirs.; Two of the same kind connected or considered together (see Usage notes)
couple of tables; one of which bore some preparations for supper; while, on the other ….; Two partners in a romantic or sexual relationship
I calculate there may be about two hundred thousand couple whose wives are breeders;.; To join in sexual intercourse; to copulate
She had the brilliant inventor and craftsman Daedalus construct her an artificial cow, in which she hid and induced the bull to couple with her.; Two forces that are equal in magnitude but opposite in direction (and acting along parallel lines), thus creating the turning effect of a torque or moment; To join in wedlock; to marry
A parson who couples all our beggars.; One of the pairs of plates of two metals which compose a voltaic battery, called a voltaic couple or galvanic couple; {f} connect, join, link; marry; mate, engage in sexual intercourse; {i} pair, duo, group of two persons or things; (Mechanics) two equal forces acting in opposite directions (causing rotation); If you refer to a couple of people or things, you mean two or approximately two of them, although the exact number is not important or you are not sure of it. Across the street from me there are a couple of police officers standing guard I think the trouble will clear up in a couple of days. a small working-class town in Massachusetts, a couple of hundred miles from New York City. Couple is also a determiner in spoken American English, and before `more' and `less'. a couple weeks before the election I think I can play maybe for a couple more years. Couple is also a pronoun. I've got a couple that don't look too bad; {n} a brace, pair, chain, rafter; {v} to join together, chain, link, marry; two items of the same kind; A couple is two people that you see together on a particular occasion or that have some association. as the four couples began the opening dance; One of the pairs of plates of two metals which compose a voltaic battery; called a voltaic couple or galvanic couple; link together; "can we couple these proposals?"; Two of the same kind connected or considered together; a pair; a brace; A couple is two people who are married, living together, or having a sexual relationship. The couple have no children. after burglars ransacked an elderly couple's home; which are equal in amount but opposite in direction, and acting along parallel lines or around parallel axes; something joined by two equal and opposite forces that act along parallel lines; If you say that one thing produces a particular effect when it is coupled with another, you mean that the two things combine to produce that effect. a problem that is coupled with lower demand for the machines themselves Over-use of those drugs, coupled with poor diet, leads to physical degeneration = combine; make love; "Birds mate in the Spring"; The man and woman performing together in a dance program; Tayuga; That which joins or links two things together; a bond or tie; a coupler; bring two objects, ideas, or people together; "This fact is coupled to the other one"; "Matchmaker, can you match my daughter with a nice young man?"; "The student was paired with a partner for collaboration on the project"; To link or tie, as one thing to another; to connect or fasten together; to join; a man and woman who are married or betrothed; If one piece of equipment is coupled to another, it is joined to it so that the two pieces of equipment work together. Its engine is coupled to a semiautomatic gearbox The various systems are coupled together in complex arrays. see also coupling. In physics, a pair of equal parallel forces that are opposite in direction. Couples produce or prevent the turning of a body. The forces used to turn the steering wheel of a car constitute a couple; each hand exerts a force, parallel but opposite in direction, yet they work together to achieve the same goal. A couple is also used to turn a screwdriver or a doorknob, and the pair of forces acting on the opposite poles of a compass needle as it points somewhere between north and south are a couple; A somewhat ambiguous term For a redox reaction, the combination of the oxidized and reduced species is often called the "redox couple " But it is also used to designate the combination of an anode and a cathode, especially for corrosion cells; To join two things together; – a pair of forces that are equal in magnitude but opposite in direction and not lying along the same line; two forces that are equal in magnitude, opposite in direction, and parallel with respect to one another; Two forces of equal magnitude acting in opposite directions in the same plane, but not along the same line; See Couple- close; a small indefinite number; "he's coming for a couple of days"; A small number of (see Usage notes) Informal; A mode of playing for two players where the steps complement each other; a pair who associate with one another; "the engaged couple"; "an inseparable twosome"; link together; "can we couple these proposals?; n pasang; form a pair or pairs; "The two old friends paired off"; a pair who associate with one another; "the engaged couple"; "an inseparable twosome" a pair of people who live together; "a married couple from Chicago" something joined by two equal and opposite forces that act along parallel lines two items of the same kind a small indefinite number; "he's coming for a couple of days" link together; "can we couple these proposals?; something joined by two equal and opposite forces that act along parallel lines two items of the same kind a small indefinite number; "he's coming for a couple of days"; To come together as male and female; to copulate; A male and female associated together; esp; means the Agreement Holder and Spouse, or the Agreement Holder and one Child; Two rotations, movements, etc; a pair of people who live together; "a married couple from Chicago"
couple up: To get into pairs; to become a group of two
For this next challenge, you'll need to couple up with someone.
couple up: To put into a couple; to put into a group of two
couple with: To have sexual intercourse with
I want to couple with her right now, right behind this temple!.
couple-close: A diminutive of the chevron, always borne in closely placed pairs
Romeo and Juliet couple: A couple who have married without their parents' consent
Romeo and Juliet couple: By analogy with the two Shakespearean characters, a couple consisting of one member from each of two opposing families, parties, or countries
The incidence there was especially high among Indian and Pakistani teens, Romeo-and-Juliet couples.
active couple: In set dances with more than one couple dancing, the active couple is the couple doing the more complicated movement during any given portion of the dance. In many dances, the role of active couple passes from one couple to another. In many quadrilles, certain figures will have two active couples at any one time; in long set dances, quite often every other couple or every third couple is the active couple
coupling: a device that couples two things together
coupling: The property of physical systems that they are interacting with each other
galvanic couple: The pair of plates (made of different metals or other conductive materials) which form a voltaic cell in a battery
galvanic couple: The corrosive cell formed when two different metals are separated by an electrolyte, or the corrosion produced by this effect
have a couple: To drink enough alcohol to be slightly drunk
For even the puniest, wouldn’t know a muscle if it shook his hand at a party and said ‘Hello, I’m Mister Bicep,’ foul-mouthed, inconsiderate, insensitive, ‘isn’t a feeling what you do with your hands?’ oaf– once he's had a couple (and he is dreaming of coupling) – voila!.
married couple: Two people who are married to each other; often a husband and wife
voltaic couple: The pair of plates (made of different metals or other conductive materials), and separated by an electrolyte, which form a voltaic cell (in a battery, for example)
coupling: A dependency between two or more classes, usually resulting from collaboration between the classes to provide a service Loose coupling is based on generic behavior and allows many different classes to be coupled in the same way Tight coupling is based on more specific implementation details of the participating classes and is not as flexible as loose coupling
coupling: {s} connecting, linking, joining
be a couple of sandwiches short of a picnic: (Ev ile ilgili) (humorous) If someone is one sandwich short of a picnic, they are stupid or crazy
To couple: bind
a couple of: more than one but indefinitely small in number; "a few roses"; "a couple of roses"
coupled: Simple past and past participle of couple
coupled: {s} attached, joined, linked
coupled: joined together especially in a pair or pairs
coupled: connected by a link, as railway cars or trailer trucks
couples: plural of couple
couples: third person singular in the present tense of couple
coupling: In plumbing, a short collar with only inside threads at each end, for receiving the ends of two pipes which are to be fitted and joined together A right/left coupling is one used to join 2 gas pipes in limited space
coupling: A coupling is a device which is used to join two vehicles or pieces of equipment together. Before driving away, re-check the trailer coupling
coupling: Describes how strongly two classes are interdependent If one calls many of the other's methods, they are strongly coupled If there are few interactions between them, they are weakly coupled Good designs have weak coupling
coupling: Refers to the number of informational and control linkages between two modules It is desirable to minimize these linkages and make them explicit
coupling: A device or contrivance which serves to couple or connect adjacent parts or objects; as, a belt coupling, which connects the ends of a belt; a car coupling, which connects the cars in a train; a shaft coupling, which connects the ends of shafts
coupling: {i} mating; joining, bringing together; connecting part (Machinery)
coupling: An act of sexual intercourse is sometimes referred to as a coupling. sexual couplings. see also couple
coupling: A linkage between two parts of a program such that if one part of the program is modified, the behaviour of the other part may also be affected This can lead to maintenance problems
coupling: a connection between two electronic circuits such that a signal can pass between them
coupling: A fitting with inside threads only, used for connecting two pieces of pipe
coupling: Device that serves to connect the ends of adjacent parts or objects A means of electric connection of two electric circuits by having a part common to both
coupling: sexual intercourse
coupling: Coupling arises when classes are aware of each of other because their instances must interact Linkage between two classes that may be either strong or weak Stronger coupling arises when one class has a detailed knowledge of the internal implementation of another, and is written to take advantage of that knowledge So anything that has the potential to reduce the amount of inside knowledge will tend to weaken coupling Hence, information hiding and encapsulation Java's visibility levels - private, package, protected, public - progressively reveal detail to other classes, and so increase the potential for stronger coupling Interfaces are one way to reduce to reduce coupling - because you interact with a class via an abstract definition, rather than a concrete implementation
coupling: The extent to which subsystems depend on each other (2)
coupling: the act of joining together to form a couple
coupling: The degree to which components depend on one another There are two types of coupling, "tight" and "loose" Loose coupling is desirable to support an extensible software architecture but tight coupling may be necessary for maximum performance Coupling is increased when the data exchanged between components becomes larger or more complex Contrast: cohesion
coupling: A plumbing fitting that is used to connect two pieces of pipe
coupling: A collar A short pipe fitting with both ends threaded on the inside circumference used for joining two lengths of line pipe or casing or tubing
coupling: the association of two or more circuits or systems in such a way that power or information may be transferred from one to the other
coupling: a connection (like a clamp or vise) between two things so they move together
coupling: Part of the draw gear , device for connecting one vehicle to the next Couplings on goods wagons were simply three links of stout chain (vehicles so connected were termed “loose coupled” ) See also Instanter couplings Couplings on passenger rated stock were slightly more sophisticated, with the central link being replaced by a screw thread which enabled the coupling to be adjusted so as to keep the adjacent buffers in contact and under compression so as to avoid surging and oscillation
coupling: the act of pairing a male and female for reproductive purposes; "the casual couplings of adolescents"; "the mating of some species occurs only in the spring"
coupling: A short fitting used to join two pieces of pipe Back to alphabetical list
coupling: When a signal (tone) applied to the target line transfers to other nearby lines (Also known as bleed over)
coupling: Arrangement of wild-type and mutant alleles at two linked loci in which both mutants are on the same chromosome and both wild-type alleles on the homologue (ab/AB) See repulsion
coupling: The desirable or undesirable transfer of energy from one medium, such as a metallic wire or an optical fiber, to another like medium, including fortuitous transfer (188) Note: Examples of coupling include capacitive (electrostatic) coupling, inductive (magnetic) coupling, conducted (resistive or hard-wire) coupling, and fiber-optic coupling
coupling: Description of the connection between the oscillator and the external circuit The choices are AC or DC
coupling: A fitting that joins two pieces of pipe
coupling: a mechanical device that serves to connect the ends of adjacent objects
coupling: The act of bringing or coming together; connection; sexual union
coupling: An arrangement in which the two wild-type alleles are on one homologous chromosome and the two recessive mutant alleles are on the other
coupling: The transfer of energy (without direct electrical contact) between two or more cables or components of a circuit
coupling: Threaded sleeve used to connect two lengths of pipe
coupling: The type of coupling present between two nuclear spins in a molecule in the liquid state
coupling: The manner in which a signal is connected from one location to another
happy couple: the newlyweds, the new husband and wife
ill assorted couple: incompatible pair, bad match
loving couple: beloved couple, couple in love
married couple: two people who are married to each other; "his second marriage was happier than the first"; "a married couple without love"
married couple: two people who are married, husband and wife
perfect couple: two people perfectly suited to each other
power couple: a couple both of whom have high-powered careers or are politically influential
royal couple: couple of which at least one person is a member of the royal family; couple of snobs
thermoelectric couple: A union of two conductors, as bars or wires of dissimilar metals joined at their extremities, for producing a thermoelectric current
voltaic couple: Two dissimilar conductors in contact or in the same electrolytic solution, resulting in a difference of potential between them. Also called galvanic couple
wedded couple: married couple, husband and wife
young couple: young man dating a young woman