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- Dictionarydecouple/diːˈkʌpl/
verb
- 1. separate, disengage, or dissociate (something) from something else: "the mountings effectively decouple movements of the engine from those of the wheels"
- 2. muffle the sound or shock of (a nuclear explosion) by causing it to take place in an underground cavity.
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to separate from someone or something else; to separate something from something else that it was joined to or part of: decouple from Tractors that haul Mexican-made goods to American consumers must decouple from their trailers on the Mexican side.
: 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.
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).
Decouple definition: to cause to become separated, disconnected, or divergent; uncouple.. See examples of DECOUPLE used 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.
Definition of decouple verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
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.
If two countries, organizations, or ideas that were connected in some way are decoupled, the connection between them is ended.
verb. Simple past tense and past participle of decouple. Wiktionary. Decoupled Sentence Examples. In short, how can economic growth be decoupled from growth in emissions? Computer-based commercial transactions are essentially decoupled from emotionality, trust becomes a security code, a bond a secure server.
transitive verb. 1. to cause to become separated, disconnected, or divergent; uncouple. 2. to absorb the shock of (a nuclear explosion) a surrounding mass of earth and rock can decouple a nuclear blast. 3. Electronics. to loosen or eliminate the coupling of (a signal between two circuits) intransitive verb. 4.
