Definition of couple

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Couple (a.) One of the pairs of plates of two metals which compose a voltaic battery; -- called a voltaic couple or galvanic couple.

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Accouple :: Accouple (v. t.) To join; to couple.
Dyad :: Dyad (n.) Two units treated as one; a couple; a pair.
Coupled :: Coupled (imp. & p. p.) of Coupl.
Torque :: Torque (n.) That which tends to produce torsion; a couple of forces.
Couplet :: Couplet (n.) Two taken together; a pair or couple; especially two lines of verse that rhyme with each other.
Rattle :: Rattle (v. i.) To drive or ride briskly, so as to make a clattering; as, we rattled along for a couple of miles..
Pair :: Pair (v. i.) To be joined in paris; to couple; to mate, as for breeding..
Couple :: Couple (a.) That which joins or links two things together; a bond or tie; a coupler.
Double :: Double (a.) Being in pairs; presenting two of a kind, or two in a set together; coupled..
Couple :: Couple (a.) Two rotations, movements, etc., which are equal in amount but opposite in direction, and acting along parallel lines or around parallel axes..
Link :: Link (v. t.) To connect or unite with a link or as with a link; to join; to attach; to unite; to couple.
Cottise :: Cottise (n.) A diminutive of the bendlet, containing one half its area or one quarter the area of the bend. When a single cottise is used alone it is often called a cost. See also Couple-close..
Emphyteusis :: Emphyteusis (n.) A real right, susceptible of assignment and of descent, charged on productive real estate, the right being coupled with the enjoyment of the property on condition of taking care of the estate and paying taxes, and sometimes a small rent..
Conjugate :: Conjugate (a.) In single pairs; coupled.
Uncouple :: Uncouple (v. t.) To loose, as dogs, from their couples; also, to set loose; to disconnect; to disjoin; as, to uncouple railroad cars..
Binate :: Binate (a.) Double; growing in pairs or couples.
Distich :: Distich (n.) A couple of verses or poetic lines making complete sense; an epigram of two verses.
Accouplement :: Accouplement (n.) That which couples, as a tie or brace..
Chorus :: Chorus (n.) A company of persons supposed to behold what passed in the acts of a tragedy, and to sing the sentiments which the events suggested in couplets or verses between the acts; also, that which was thus sung by the chorus..
Visitation :: Visitation (n.) The act of a naval commander who visits, or enters on board, a vessel belonging to another nation, for the purpose of ascertaining her character and object, but without claiming or exercising a right of searching the vessel. It is, however, usually coupled with the right of search (see under Search), visitation being used for the purpose of search..
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