coupler
Links two parts
A coupler is a device that connects two things together.
Railroad couplers link cars into trains.
Plumbing couplers join pipes.
In music, an organ coupler links keyboards so playing one activates another.
The word appears wherever mechanical or electronic components need joining: a trailer coupler, an antenna coupler.
Device enabling equipment compatibility
- linkageConnected system of parts
- junctionPoint where things meet
- interfaceShared connection point
- interconnectJoin in a network
joiner · bridging · bonding · fastener · splice · plug · socket · clasp
Hollow conveyance channel
flange · compression · threaded · gasket · reducer · adapter · backflow · barb
Temporary difficulty or snag
- towbarTrailer-pulling attachment
- receiverOne who accepts transmission
- gooseneckS-shaped bend or tube
- pintleVertical bolt enabling rotation
lunette · kingpin · towing · articulation · caravan · stabilizer
Projecting attachment rim
- shaftNarrow vertical passage
- splineFlexible strip for drafting
- clutchMechanism linking engine to gearbox
- gearToothed wheel or belongings
bearing · linkage · joint · universal · flexible · rigid · bellows · jaw
Closed electrical pathway
- wiringInstalled electrical conductors
- terminalAt the endpoint
- spliceJoin end to end
- conductiveAllows energy transfer
antenna · RF · coaxial · impedance · signal · power · inductive · capacitive
Finger-to-hand joint
- drawbarTowing coupling beam
- buffersThings that absorb impact
- chainsLinked metal restraints
- shackleMetal limb restraint
boxcar · freight · tanker · caboose · flatcar · gondola · locomotive · carriage
Plant-based digestive aid
- waveguideStructure directing energy propagation
- beamStructural support member
- splitterSomething that separates
- directionalIndicating a path
bidirectional · fused · star · photonic · attenuator · alignment · crosstalk · multimode
adapter
Device enabling equipment compatibility
interconnect · joiner · bridging · bonding · fastener · splice · plug · socket · clasp · latch
pipe
Hollow conveyance channel
nipple · flange · compression · threaded · gasket · reducer · adapter · backflow · barb · ferrule
hitch
Temporary difficulty or snag
pintle · lunette · kingpin · towing · articulation · caravan · stabilizer
flange
Projecting attachment rim
- shaftNarrow vertical passage
- splineFlexible strip for drafting
- clutchMechanism linking engine to gearbox
gear · bearing · linkage · joint · universal · flexible · rigid · bellows · jaw · spider
circuit
Closed electrical pathway
conductive · antenna · RF · coaxial · impedance · signal · power · inductive · capacitive · transformer
knuckle
Finger-to-hand joint
shackle · boxcar · freight · tanker · caboose · flatcar · gondola · locomotive · carriage · railcar
fiber
Plant-based digestive aid
- waveguideStructure directing energy propagation
- beamStructural support member
- splitterSomething that separates
directional · bidirectional · fused · star · photonic · attenuator · alignment · crosstalk · multimode
- diesel locomotiveslocomotive, diesel engine, diesel-electric, GE, General Electric
- rail yardsswitchyard, marshalling yards, receiving yard, yard crew, yardmaster
- railroadstrains, train, tracks, track, locomotive
- baking toolsrolling pin, measuring cup, measuring cups, measuring spoon, mixing spoon
- cake decoratingfondant, piping bag, piping tips, buttercream, ganache
- dog suppliesleash, dog bed, dog bowl, dog crate, dog food
- a coupleTwo or so
- married coupleTwo joined in matrimony
- power couplesInfluential romantic partnerships
- fights like a married coupleHabitual trivial arguing
- odd coupleUnlikely twosome
- the coupleTwo people together romantically
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