1. plural of decoupling; instances or processes of disconnecting or separating things that were previously linked or dependent on each other
Usage: commonly used in technical, economic, and scientific contexts
2. in economics and geopolitics, the reduction of economic interdependence or trade relationships between countries or regions
Usage: modern usage, especially in international relations
3. in engineering and physics, the removal or reduction of coupling between systems, components, or variables
Usage: technical term

Examples

• The decouplings of the two economies reduced their mutual vulnerability to financial crises.
• Engineers designed the system with multiple decouplings to prevent failure in one component from affecting others.
• Recent geopolitical tensions have led to discussions about decouplings in global supply chains.
• The decouplings between energy consumption and economic growth show improved efficiency.
• Software architects use decouplings to make code more modular and maintainable.
• Trade decouplings between major powers have reshaped international commerce.
• The decouplings of these variables simplified the mathematical model significantly.