plural of galvanic couple

plural of voltaic couple

The pair of plates (made of different metals or other conductive materials), and separated by an electrolyte, which form a voltaic cell (in a battery, for example).

The corrosive cell formed when two different metals are separated by an electrolyte, or the corrosion produced by this effect.

(computer science) A low-level interdependent coupling between program modules.

(chemistry) Any of a class of reactions in which an organic halide reacts with an organometallic zinc compound under the control of a catalyst; R-X + R'-Zn-X' => R-R'

plural of active couple

In set dances with more than one couple dancing, the couple doing the more complicated movement during any given portion of the dance. The role of active couple may pass from one couple to another. In many quadrilles, certain figures will have two active couples at any one time; in long set dances, quite often every other couple or every third couple is the active couple.

Two people who are married to each other.

(transitive) To put into a couple; to put into, or connect together as, a group of two. / (intransitive) To get into pairs; to become a group of two.