decoupling
Britishnoun
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the separation of previously linked systems so that they may operate independently
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electronics the reduction or avoidance of undesired distortion or oscillations in a circuit, caused by unwanted common coupling between two or more circuits
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The discovery may also help explain another puzzling hallmark of aging called "protein-transcript decoupling."
From Science Daily • May 29, 2026
"Any delusion of full decoupling isn't realistic on any near-term horizon", she told AFP.
From Barron's • May 13, 2026
That follows years of decoupling due to a U.S. exceptionalism narrative.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 7, 2026
“When you create a powerful price incentive, people figure out how to do more with less. And so there’s been a decoupling of the economy from energy consumption.”
From Salon • Mar. 26, 2026
Finally, they go, it will accept decoupling and modulation.
From The Belgian Curtain Europe after Communism by Vaknin, Samuel
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