decouple

verb de·cou·ple \ (ˌ)dē-ˈkə-pəl \

|Updated on: 8 Jun 2018

Examples: decouple in a Sentence

Definition of decouple

transitive verb

: to eliminate the interrelationship of : separate

Examples of decouple in a Sentence

to have a fruitful discussion, we need to decouple fact from opinion

Recent Examples of decouple from the Web

Both front and rear motors recapture energy when coasting to power the batteries, and the rear motor unit is automatically decoupled in certain situations, such as highway cruising, to improve efficiency.

— robert duffer, chicagotribune.com, "Review: 2017 Acura MDX Sport Hybrid is a smooth three-row marvel," 12 June 2017
Jeske is now searching for chemicals that decouple GRK2 from receptors on contact.

— jonathon keats, Discover Magazine, "Building a Better Painkiller," 11 May 2018
As Fed researchers point out, since decoupling from the gold standard in the early 1970s, almost all global reserve currencies rely on nothing but trust to function as a media of value exchange.

— david z. morris, Fortune, "St. Louis Federal Reserve says Bitcoin is 'Like Regular Currency'," 28 Apr. 2018
At the same time as scientific claims to knowledge and power are being undermined, some power structures are decoupling themselves from scientific knowledge, moving towards a kind of populist politics that are increasingly skeptical of knowledge.

— harry t dyer / the conversation, Ars Technica, "I watched an entire Flat Earth Convention for my research—here’s what I learned," 6 May 2018
The twin victories of 1991 were conflated in the West but decoupled in Russia.

— seva gunitsky, The New Republic, "One Word to Fix U.S. Russia Policy," 27 Apr. 2018
Which is why the president needs a team that focuses on the Constitution, decoupling its defense of Mr. Trump’s presidential powers from his personal legal risk.

— kimberley a. strassel, WSJ, "How Trump Takes On Obstruction," 26 Apr. 2018
Last month, out of the blue, Mr Selmayr was appointed secretary-general of the commission, a shift to a bureaucratic role that entrenched his power and decoupled his professional fate from that of Mr Juncker, whose term expires in October next year.

— The Economist, "Charlemagne: Martin Selmayr," 15 Mar. 2018
North Korea and its protector, China, have long wanted to decouple America from its regional allies.

— The Economist, "What to expect from talks with North Korea," 19 Apr. 2018

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First Known Use of decouple

1938

in the meaning defined above

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Financial Definition of DECOUPLE

decouple

verb

What It Is

Decoupling refers to instances in which security prices behave contrary to normally-occurring correlations.

How It Works

Movements in the price of different securities may be directly or indirectly correlated. In other words, as a given type of security rises in price, the price of another type of security might be expected to fall or also rise depending on its exposure to market dynamics. Decoupling refers to the divergence in securities' expected price behavior vis-à-vis one another.

For instance, the stock and bond prices for a given company generally rise and fall in response to fluctuations in market demand. However, a rise in the price of the stock accompanied by a rise in interest rates causing the market value of the bond to move in the opposite direction would constitute decoupling.

Why It Matters

Investors and analysts rely on security price correlations in order to gauge market trends and help with strategic decisions. Investors and analysts should be aware of discrete changes in market dynamics that might require them to investigate thoroughly such price relationships under certain circumstances.

Source: Investing Answers