- a pair who associate with one another; "the engaged couple"; "an inseparable twosome"
- match: bring two objects, ideas, or people together; "This fact is coupled to the other one"; "Matchmaker, can you match my daughter with a nice young man?"; "The student was paired with a partner for collaboration on the project"
- a pair of people who live together; "a married couple from Chicago"
- link together; "can we couple these proposals?"
- a small indefinite number; "he's coming for a couple of days"
- pair: form a pair or pairs; "The two old friends paired off"
- copulate: engage in sexual intercourse; "Birds mate in the Spring"
- two items of the same kind
- (physics) something joined by two equal and opposite forces that act along parallel lines
- A Couple is a system of forces with a resultant (a.k.a. net, or sum) moment but no resultant force.Dynamics, Theory and Applications by T.R. Kane and D.A. Levinson, 1985, pp. 90-99: Another term for a couple is a pure moment. ...
- Two partners in a romantic or sexual relationship; Two of the same kind connected or considered together (see Usage notes); 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 ...
- Two equal, opposite and parallel forces which create rotational force.
- n. two people or things that are seen together or associated, esp a man and woman together
- defined under de facto property settlement law as two persons who live together on a genuine domestic basis in a relationship based on intimacy, trust and personal commitment to each other. People who are co-tenants of a property are not necessarily a couple
- A system of forces composed of two equal forces of opposite direction, offset by a distance. A couple is statically equivalent to a moment whose magnitude equals the magnitude of the force times the offset distance.
- the 12 oldest mesenteries originate in a different way from those which follow in that they arise bilaterally on opposite sides of the directive axis. Each such "pair" has been called a "couple". The directives, which normally belong to the 12 primary mesenteries, are couples as well as pairs. ...
- A husband and wife legally married under the laws of any state or territorial possession of the United States or of any foreign country.
- Two hounds. Hounds are numbered in couples, because it's easier to count them quickly in twos. Also, to attach two hounds together with couples.
- A pair of equal and opposite parallel forces which act upon a single structural member or element of a machine, but not in the same straight line.
- two forces that are equal in magnitude, opposite in direction, and parallel with respect to one another
- Two dissimilar conductors in electrical contact. An electromotive force in created under proper electrolytic influences or during heating.
- Join two railroad cars together.
- Two side-by-side dancers facing the same direction.