couples
/ˈkʌpəlz/ · noun
Meaning
- Two partners in a romantic or sexual relationship.
- Two of the same kind connected or considered together.
- A small number.
- One of the pairs of plates of two metals which compose a voltaic battery, called a voltaic couple or galvanic couple.
- Two forces that are equal in magnitude but opposite in direction (and acting along parallel lines), thus creating the turning effect of a torque or moment.
- A couple-close.
- To join (two things) together, or (one thing) to (another).
- To join in wedlock; to marry.
- To join in sexual intercourse; to copulate.
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