uncoupledadj.2
/(ˌ)ʌnˈkʌpld/, /(ˌ)ʌŋˈkʌpld/, U.S. /ˌənˈkəp(ə)ld/ a. Not coupled or joined; left detached or separate.
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the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > [adjective] > disjoining or disconnecting > not joined, united, or connected
uncoupled1377
unjoined1538
unclosed1551
unknitting1587
ununited1587
unknit1603
incommunicated1646
discontiguous1656
incontiguous1660
open1686
inconnected1742
disconnected1751
incoherent1768
uncemented1783
unconnected1829
disaffiliated1839
disconnect1845
inarticulate1852
unarticulated1861
ununified1862
1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. Prol. 162 Vncoupled þei wenden Boþe in wareine & in waste where hem leue lyketh.
1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. Prol. 206 Coupled & vncoupled.
c1430 J. Lydgate Minor Poems (Percy Soc.) 32 Thouhe she be yong, yet wol she wele abide, Uncoupled to a fresshe man of iunesse.
1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie ii. x. 73 There is a band to be giuen euery verse in a staffe, so as none fall out alone or vncoupled.
1659 W. Chamberlayne Pharonnida v. i. sig. G6 Vows whose harsh events must be Uncoupl'd cold Virginitie.
1673 J. Milton On Death Fair Infant ii, in Poems (new ed.) 18 Th' infamous blot, Of long-uncoupled bed, and childless eld.
1818 H. T. Colebrooke Treat. Obligations & Contracts 55 Exorbitancy of price too, uncoupled with fraud.
1869 Colburn in Eng. Mech. 19 Mar. 579/2 There was not..an engine..having..uncoupled driving-wheels.
b. Physics. Not physically interacting.
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the world > matter > physics > [adjective] > not physically interacting
uncoupled1965
the world > the universe > planet > planetary movement > [adjective] > of orbits of planets and their moons
uncoupled1965
1965 W. T. Thomson Vibration Theory vi. 167 The two pendulums behave as if they were uncoupled and independent of each other.
1981 Sci. Amer. July 56/1 Wiesel's computer simulations of the evolution of the resonance begin with Io, Europa and Ganymede in uncoupled orbits and with Io driven outward by its tidal interaction with Jupiter.
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unˈcoupled
unˈcoupled adj.1
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the world > food and drink > hunting > hunting with hounds > [adjective] > let loose
slippeda1657
uncoupled1700
the world > matter > chemistry > organic chemistry > chemical processes or reactions > biochemical reactions and processes > [adjective] > uncoupled
uncoupled1954
1700 J. Dryden Chaucer's Palamon & Arcite ii, in Fables 33 Th' appointed Place In which th' uncoupl'd Hounds began the Chace.
1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Decouple In Heraldry, the same as Uncoupled, i. e. parted, or sever'd.
1803 in W. Scott Minstrelsy Sc. Border (ed. 2) III. 388 Steeds snort; uncoupled stag-hounds bay.
1954 Proc. National Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 40 919 Mitochondria suspensions taken from thyroxine-treated animals remain uncoupled.
1981 Plant Physiol. LXVIII. 1485/1 The light saturated rate of photosystem I-dependent electron transport..was increased by a high concentration of DCMU added to broken and uncoupled chloroplasts.
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