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coupler
[ kuhp-ler ]
noun
- a person or thing that couples or links together.
- Machinery. a rod or link transmitting force and motion between a rotating part and a rotating or oscillating part.
- Also called coupling. Railroads. a device for joining pieces of rolling stock.
- a device in an organ or harpsichord for connecting keys, manuals, or a manual and pedals, so that they are played together when one is played.
- Electricity. a device for transferring electrical energy from one circuit to another, as a transformer that joins parts of a radio apparatus together by induction.
- (in color photography) a chemical that reacts with the developer to produce one of the colors in a print or transparency.
coupler
/ ˈkʌplə /
noun
- a link or rod transmitting power between two rotating mechanisms or a rotating part and a reciprocating part
- music a device on an organ or harpsichord connecting two keys, two manuals, etc, so that both may be played at once
- electronics a device, such as a transformer, used to couple two or more electrical circuits
- a device for connecting railway cars or trucks together Also called (in eg Britain)coupling
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Example Sentences
An octave coupler without such extension is incomplete and is no more honest than a stop which only goes down to Tenor C.
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Not only did he provide sub-octave and super-octave couplers freely, but he even added a Swell Sub-quint to Great coupler!
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Most large organs now built are furnished with a pedal for reversing the position of the Great to Pedal coupler.
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When playing upon a soft combination on the Great, the organist may draw the Swell to Great "pizzicato" coupler.
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We might lend him a coupler hundred bones at ten per cent., secured by a mortgage on the Maggie, if he's up agin it hard.
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