HyperDic: decouple

English > 4 senses of the word *decouple*:
VERB	contact	decouple, uncouple	disconnect or separate
	cognition	decouple, dissociate	regard as unconnected
	change	decouple	eliminate airborne shock waves from (an explosive)
	change	decouple	reduce or eliminate the coupling of (one circuit or part to another)

decouple > pronunciation
Sounds	diykah'pahl
Rhymes	abdominal ... zoological: 2115 rhymes with ahl...

English > *decouple*: 4 senses > verb 1, contact
Meaning	disconnect or separate.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something
Synonym	uncouple
Broader	disconnect	make disconnected, disjoin or unfasten
Opposite	couple, couple on, couple up	link together
Spanish	desaclopar

English > *decouple*: 4 senses > verb 2, cognition
Meaning	regard as unconnected.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something
Example	"decouple our foreign policy from ideology"
Synonym	dissociate
Broader	distinguish, separate, differentiate, secern, secernate, severalize, severalise, tell, tell apart	mark as different
Opposite	associate, tie in, relate, link, colligate, link up, connect	make a logical or causal connection
Spanish	desconectar, disociar, separar
Catalan	dissociar

English > *decouple*: 4 senses > verb 3, change
Meaning	Eliminate airborne shock waves from (an explosive) .
Pattern	Somebody ----s something
Category	physics, natural philosophy	The science of matter and energy and their interactions
Broader	extinguish, eliminate, get rid of, do away with	Terminate, end, or take out
Spanish	absorber el shock, eliminar el shock

English > *decouple*: 4 senses > verb 4, change
Meaning	Reduce or eliminate the coupling of (one circuit or part to another) .
Pattern	Somebody ----s something
Category	electronics	The branch of physics that deals with the emission and effects of electrons and with the use of electronic devices
Broader	extinguish, eliminate, get rid of, do away with	Terminate, end, or take out

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