decoupling

[dee-kuhp-uhl]

de·cou·ple

[dee-kuhp-uhl] verb, de·cou·pled, de·cou·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.

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Decoupling is always a great word to know.
So is quincunx. Does it mean:
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.

Origin:
1595–1605; de- + couple

de·cou·pler, noun
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decoupling (diːˈkʌplɪŋ)
 
n
1.  the separation of previously linked systems so that they may operate independently
2.  electronics the reduction or avoidance of undesired distortion or oscillations in a circuit, caused by unwanted common coupling between two or more circuits

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