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Coupling vs Shunting - What's the difference?

coupling | shunting |

As nouns the difference between coupling and shunting

is that coupling is act of joining together to form a couple while shunting is connecting an electrical component in parallel with another, the current being divided between them.

As a verb shunting is

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coupling

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • act of joining together to form a couple
  • a device that couples two things together
  • (computing) the degree of reliance between two program modules
  • (electronics) a connection between two electronic circuits such that a signal can pass between them
  • (physics) The property of physical systems that they are interacting with each other
  • (sexuality) sexual intercourse

    • Synonyms

    * (computing) dependency

    Antonyms

    * (computing) cohesion

    Derived terms

    * capacitive coupling * common coupling * conductive coupling * content coupling * control coupling * data coupling * data-structured coupling * external coupling * global coupling * inductive coupling * low coupling * loose coupling * message coupling * no coupling * pathological coupling * stamp coupling

    Related terms

    * decoupling

    shunting

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

  • connecting an electrical component in parallel with another, the current being divided between them
  • the manipulation of railway rolling stock into different combinations or onto different tracks