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Meaning:

Noun:

  • One of the pairs of plates of two metals which compose a voltaic battery, called a voltaic couple or galvanic couple.
  • physics Two forces that are equal in magnitude but opposite in direction (and acting along parallel lines), thus creating the turning effect of a torque or moment.
  • Two of the same kind connected or considered together (''see Usage notes'').
  • Two partners in a romantic or sexual relationship.
  • informal|proscribed A small number of. See usage notes.

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Verb:

  • transitive To join (two things) together, or (one thing) to (another).

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