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
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
That cage prevents the unpaired electrons from forming bonds, which would remove the gel's magnetic properties.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 16, 2024
Pairing up electrons within an ultrathin wire can leave an unpaired electron at either end that virtually splits to form Majorana quasiparticles at each end.
From Science Magazine ● Dec. 20, 2023
Of these 10 are large and 10 small, the latter presumably representing the supernumerary, and hence unpaired, chromosomes of the D. rotundifolia parent.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 8 "Cube" to "Daguerre, Louis" by Various
