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• Coupling (UK TV series) — Coupling Coupling intertitle (series 1–3) Format British sitcom Written by Steven Moffat …   Wikipedia

• coupling — [kup′liŋ] n. 1. the act of joining together, pairing, copulating, etc. 2. a flexible or rigid mechanical device or part for joining parts together, as two shafts 3. COUPLER (sense a) 4. the part of the body, as of a dog or horse, between the… …   English World dictionary

• Coupling (railway) — Knuckle (AAR Type E ) couplers in use ICE coupler A c …   Wikipedia

• coupling — /kup ling/, n. 1. the act of a person or thing that couples. 2. Mach. a. a device for joining two rotating shafts semipermanently at their ends so as to transmit torque from one to the other. Cf. clutch1 (def. 12a). b. a part with an inside… …   Universalium

• coupling — /ˈkʌplɪŋ / (say kupling) noun 1. the act of someone or something that couples. 2. any mechanical device for uniting or connecting parts or things. 3. a device used in joining railway carriages, etc. 4. Electricity a. the association of two… …  

• coupling — 1. Usually the result of the repeated pairing of a normal sinus beat with a ventricular extrasystole. 2. See c. phase. 3. A condition in which one or more products of a reaction are the subsequent reactants (or substrates) of a second reaction.… …   Medical dictionary

• coupling — noun Date: 14th century 1. the act of bringing or coming together ; pairing; specifically sexual union 2. a device that serves to connect the ends of adjacent parts or objects 3. the joining of or the part of the body that joins the hindquarters… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• coupling — cou•pling [[t]ˈkʌp lɪŋ[/t]] n. 1) the act of one that couples 2) mac a device for joining two rotating shafts semipermanently at their ends so as to transmit torque from one to the other 3) rai coupler 3) 4) elm a) the association of two circuits …   From formal English to slang

• Angular momentum coupling — Coupling in science Classical coupling Rotational–vibrational coupling Quantum coupling Quantum mechanical coupling Rovibrational coupling Vibronic coupling Rovibronic coupling Angular momentum coupling …   Wikipedia

• List of Coupling episodes — Coupling is a BBC Television sitcom. Written by Steven Moffat, it was based on his relationship with Sue Vertue, the show s producer.[1] Martin Dennis directed all 28 episodes for Hartswood Films. The first episode was transmitted on 12 May… …   Wikipedia

• Friction coupling — Friction Fric tion, n. [L. frictio, fr. fricare, frictum,to rub: cf. F. friction. See {Fray} to rub, arid cf. {Dentifrice}.] 1. The act of rubbing the surface of one body against that of another; attrition; in hygiene, the act of rubbing the body …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English