to decouple
1
6.8
- verb
- /dɪˈkʌpəl/
- Specialized
:
desacoplar
- New engineering has also helped decouple demand for virgin wood from the swelling population and economy.
- decoupled mode
The first part is to decouple from China strategically and.
- The first part is to decouple from China strategically and.
- We don't want to decouple because we need that high end technology transfer.
- And I think that as we start to decouple that and there's other options, that creates the more democratization, if you will.
Examples
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To accomplish this, the transition updates need to be decoupled from the user-defined update code.
Blog text (32) -
Because digital TV decouples transmission from presentation, the image resolutions and display rates can vary according to need.
Academic text (1999) -
So then we develop in Europe a system at the European level to try to decouple the financial sector from the local state finances.
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Because such devices decouple the energy source from the motive mass, they can achieve significantly higher exhaust velocities than chemical engines.
Academic text (2006) -
The deals still required for a lasting accord run the risk of decoupling leaders from their followings.
Academic text (1993) -
The common theme is decoupling the logical from the physical, introducing a level of indirection between the abstract and the concrete.
Academic text (2012) -
However, in today's power towers, the solar collection is decoupled from the power generation by using a sodium-nitrate salt as the working fluid.
Academic text (1994) -
If efficiency improvements offer additional energy services to users more cheaply than investing in more energy supply projects, it may be possible to decouple energy service growth from primary energy consumption, which is one of the world's major contributors to greenhouse gas emissions.
Academic text (1994) -
The engineer aimed to decouple the new system from its outdated predecessor to improve performance.
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To enhance flexibility, they decided to decouple the software architecture from the underlying hardware requirements.
Synonyms
297
1.9
To break into parts or pieces
219
2.7
To keep one thing apart from another so they do not mix
161
3.5
To separate something so it is no longer joined, for example remove a cable or turn off power
82
5.3
To stop being part of or connected to something
16
7.0
To end a connection with a person, group, or idea
12
4.3
To separate a part from a larger group for a special task
5
5.3
To disconnect two things that are joined, often machine parts
3
3.7
To remove a connection between accounts, files, or devices
3
7.5
To separate something into smaller parts to study it
2
7.0
To treat two things as separate and not related
1
6.6
To release something that is tied or fastened so it can move away
1
6.1
To separate something from what it is connected to
1
7.4
Separate things that are attached to each other
1
7.4
To separate parts of data so they are easier to understand
1
7.0
To separate parts so they are no longer connected
1
8.0
To separate a company into independent businesses
Arrange ideas or parts so they do not affect each other
To take something out of the place or situation where it first came from
Antonyms
How Connected
459
2.5
278
1.1
88
1.0
- Specialized
1
6.8
161
3.5
256
4.2
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Decouple comes from the parts de- meaning 'remove' and couple meaning 'pair' or 'join', so it literally means to 'take a pair apart'. In engineering use, to decouple is like putting a small barrier so noise or unwanted signals cannot travel from one part to another, which is why it means reducing or removing a connection.