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   coupling

   /ˈkʌplɪŋ/

   noun

   • 1. a device for connecting parts of machinery: "undo the couplings so you can lift the pump out"
   • ▪ a fitting on the end of a railway vehicle for connecting it to another: "a train with couplings of the continental pattern"
   • 2. the pairing of two items: "the coupling of tribunals with ministerial enquiries"
   • ▪ an interaction between two electrical components by electromagnetic induction, electrostatic charge, or optical link: "mutually inductive coupling"
   • 3. the action of mating or having sexual intercourse.
   • 4. two people in a romantic relationship; a couple.

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