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de·cou·ple

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l] Pronunciation Key verb, -pled, -pling.

–verb (used with object)

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).

–verb (used without object)

4.	to separate or diverge from an existing connection; uncouple.

[Origin: 1595–1605; de- + couple

]

—Related forms

de·cou·pler, noun

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de·cou·ple Audio Help (dē-kŭp'əl) Pronunciation Key
tr.v. de·cou·pled, de·cou·pling, de·cou·ples

Electronics To reduce or eliminate the coupling of (one circuit or part to another).
Physics To decrease or eliminate airborne shock waves from (an explosion) by having it take place underground.
To separate or detach: "There's not the slightest possibility that America would be decoupled from Europe by the pursuit of this vital initiative" (Caspar W. Weinberger).

de·cou'pler n.

decouple
verb
1.	disconnect or separate; "uncouple the hounds" [syn: uncouple] [ant: couple]
2.	regard as unconnected; "you must dissociate these two events!"; "decouple our foreign policy from ideology" [ant: associate]
3.	eliminate airborne shock waves from (an explosive)
4.	reduce or eliminate the coupling of (one circuit or part to another)