decoupling

Meanings

Plural: decouplings

Verb

• disconnect or separate
• regard as unconnected
• eliminate airborne shock waves from (an explosive)
• reduce or eliminate the coupling of (one circuit or part to another)
• present participle and gerund of decouple

Noun

• The act or process by which something is decoupled, as:
• The unhitching of railcars.
• The act or process by which something is decoupled, as:
• The disentangling of economic interdependencies.
• The emission of photons during Recombination.

Synonyms

decouple, dissociate, uncouple

Antonyms

associate, couple