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adjective

coupled

CEFR C1

joined together especially in a pair or pairs

In a sentence

Six example sentences with coupled, each labelled with its topic.

  • The rack held sixteen coupled drives, each pair wired so that one mirrors whatever the other happens to write.

    Technology

  • Two coupled carriages at the rear of the sleeper train can be detached at midnight and sent toward the coast.

    Travel

  • In the demonstration two coupled pendulums swing as one, since a shared rod carries motion from the first to the second.

    Science

  • The colonnade uses coupled columns, each pair sharing one base, which gives the long facade a steady double rhythm.

    Architecture

  • With the two keyboards coupled, every note the organist plays on the lower manual sounds on the upper one as well.

    Music

  • Climate models treat ocean and atmosphere as coupled systems, each passing heat to the other every hour of the simulation.

    Environment

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