couplings
Links between parts
Couplings are devices or mechanisms that connect two things together, allowing them to work as a unit.
In machinery, a coupling joins rotating shafts: The engine connects to the transmission through a flexible coupling.
In plumbing and piping, couplings join sections of pipe.
Railroad cars connect via couplings.
The word also applies to sexual pairings, sometimes with clinical or disapproving overtones: The film depicted various romantic couplings.
Skeletal connection points
- gearsToothed rotating machine parts
- shaftsVertical passages or poles
- bearingsAwareness of one's position
- clutchesGrips tightly, or handbags
linkages · flanges · bolts · fasteners · adapters · connectors · bushings · hubs
Connected system of parts
- junctionPoint where things meet
- interfaceShared connection point
- bondingForming close connections
- attachmentConnection or fondness
mesh · splice · tether · bridge · join · fasten · tie · latch
Formal union between partners
- wedlockState of being spouses
- matrimonyLegal union of spouses
- allianceFormal union of parties
- mergerCorporate combination
fusion · partnership · unification · consolidation · amalgamation · confederation · coalition · integration
joints
Skeletal connection points
- gearsToothed rotating machine parts
- shaftsVertical passages or poles
- bearingsAwareness of one's position
clutches · linkages · flanges · bolts · fasteners · adapters · connectors · bushings · hubs · splines
linkage
Connected system of parts
attachment · mesh · splice · tether · bridge · join · fasten · tie · latch · entwine
marriage
Formal union between partners
merger · fusion · partnership · unification · consolidation · amalgamation · confederation · coalition · integration · melding
flange
Projecting attachment rim
reducer · adapter · valve · gasket · bushing · collar · ferrule · manifold · sleeve · connector
cars
Motor vehicles for travel
- wagonsPulled four-wheeled vehicles
- coachesThose who instruct athletes
- carriagesWheeled vehicles for passengers
buffers · chains · hooks · shunting · hitching · freight · locomotives · drawbar
- firefightingfire station, fire truck, fire engine, firefighter, firefighters
- machineryengine, machinery, industrial machinery, motors, engines
- railroadstrains, train, tracks, track, locomotive
- rubbernatural rubber, rubber band, rubber trees, rubber boot, rubber glove
- auto partsengine, brakes, tires, wheels, steering wheel
- fluid systemspumps, valves, pipes, hydraulic systems, fluid flow
couplingsdisconnections
Breaks in connection
uncouplings · separations · detachments · disengagements · welds
couplingsseparations
Acts of dividing apart
uncouplings · divorces · disconnections · partings · splits
couplingsdivisions
Separate portions of something
separations · fragmentations · partitions · segregations · isolations
- loose couplingMinimal interdependence between components
- Negishi couplingOrganozinc palladium cross-linking method
- Sonogashira couplingAlkyne-aryl bond formation
- coupling agentChemical promoting interfacial adhesion
- coupling reactionForming bonds between molecules
- running couplingRotating mechanical joint