couplers
Things that link
Couplers are devices that connect two things together, allowing them to function as a unit.
The term appears most often in technical contexts: railroad couplers join cars, plumbing couplers connect pipes, and audio couplers link equipment.
In electronics, a coupler may transfer signals between circuits while keeping them electrically isolated.
The old manual couplers were replaced with automatic ones.
Devices that join things
- terminalsEnd stations or connectors
- junctionsPoints of convergence
- splicesUnites by interweaving
- plugsThings that block openings
sockets · adapters · contacts · conductivity · wiring · insulation · circuitry · crimping
Enclosed rail freight carrier
- cabooseCrew shelter, train's end
- freightGoods being transported
- carriagesWheeled vehicles for passengers
- locomotiveRailway pulling machine
knuckle · drawbar · hitch · shunting · consist · rolling stock · buffer · chain
Projecting rims for attachment
- clutchesGrips tightly, or handbags
- bearingsAwareness of one's position
- gearsToothed rotating machine parts
- sprocketsToothed wheels for chains
linkage · bushings · fittings · shafts · hubs · sleeves · splines · keyways
Hollow conveyance channel
- tubingHollow cylindrical conduit
- hoseFlexible fluid conduit
- fittingSuitable or proper
- compressionForcing into smaller space
threaded · barbed · manifold · reducer · union · nipple · flange · gasket
Plant-based digestive aid
- beamStructural support member
- waveguideStructure directing energy propagation
- splitterSomething that separates
- directionalIndicating a path
bidirectional · fused · star · tap · photonics · attenuation · polarization · multimode
Cross-platform functional harmony
- integrationCombining into a whole
- interfaceShared connection point
- bridgingConnecting separated things
- adaptingModifying to suit conditions
matching · standardization · protocol · handshake · synchronization · cross-platform · backward compatible · universal
connectors
Devices that join things
plugs · sockets · adapters · contacts · conductivity · wiring · insulation · circuitry · crimping · soldering
boxcar
Enclosed rail freight carrier
- cabooseCrew shelter, train's end
- freightGoods being transported
- carriagesWheeled vehicles for passengers
locomotive · knuckle · drawbar · hitch · shunting · consist · rolling stock · buffer · chain · link
flanges
Projecting rims for attachment
- clutchesGrips tightly, or handbags
- bearingsAwareness of one's position
- gearsToothed rotating machine parts
sprockets · linkage · bushings · fittings · shafts · hubs · sleeves · splines · keyways · torque
pipe
Hollow conveyance channel
compression · threaded · barbed · manifold · reducer · union · nipple · flange · gasket · shutoff
fiber
Plant-based digestive aid
- beamStructural support member
- waveguideStructure directing energy propagation
- splitterSomething that separates
directional · bidirectional · fused · star · tap · photonics · attenuation · polarization · multimode · prism
interoperability
Cross-platform functional harmony
- integrationCombining into a whole
- interfaceShared connection point
- bridgingConnecting separated things
adapting · matching · standardization · protocol · handshake · synchronization · cross-platform · backward compatible · universal · modular
- rail yardsswitchyard, marshalling yards, receiving yard, yard crew, yardmaster
- railroadstrains, train, tracks, track, locomotive
- train termsall aboard, engine, departure time, arrival time, passenger car
- model trainsmodel trains, train set, train sets, electric trains, electric train
- connectorscable, cables, connector, connectors, wires
- railway equipmentlocomotives, rails, ties, switches, signals
couplersseparators
Things that partition
disconnectors · decouplers · splitters · dividers · detachers
couplersisolators
Devices that block transmission
buffers · decouplers · barriers · insulators · blockers
- 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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