Couple

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1. Adjective

That which joins or links two things together; a bond or tie; a coupler.

2. Adjective

Two of the same kind connected or considered together; a pair; a brace.

3. Adjective

A male and female associated together; esp., a man and woman who are married or betrothed.

4. Adjective

See Couple-close.

5. Adjective

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

6. Adjective

Two rotations, movements, etc., which are equal in amount but opposite in direction, and acting along parallel lines or around parallel axes.

7. Verb

To link or tie, as one thing to another; to connect or fasten together; to join.

8. Verb

To join in wedlock; to marry.

9. Verb

To come together as male and female; to copulate.

10. Noun

two items of the same kind
Vocabulary classified under Mathematics

11. Noun

(physics) something joined by two equal and opposite forces that act along parallel lines
Vocabulary classified under Physics

12. Noun

a pair of people who live together; "a married couple from Chicago"
Vocabulary classified under Sociology
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