pair
noun
two identical, similar, or corresponding things that are matched for use together.
unpaired
-
a word derived from
pair.
Example Sentences
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SpaceX will likely focus on unpaired blocks, which essentially means it is looking to deliver high-speed broadband directly to a phone.
From Barron's ● Mar. 29, 2026
At the core of each molecule lies one unpaired electron, which gives it distinctive magnetic and electronic behavior.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 15, 2025
Divalent chromium has the same number of unpaired electrons as trivalent manganese, the chromophore responsible for the intense color of YInMn blue, which Subramanian's team discovered 15 years ago.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 16, 2024
If there’s an odd number of electrons in the wire, the unpaired electron should essentially split in half to form two separated Majorana quasiparticles—one at each end of the wire.
From Science Magazine ● Dec. 20, 2023
The spiracles, unpaired and seven in number, open in the median dorsal line.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 6 "Celtes, Konrad" to "Ceramics" by Various
