coupler : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: coupler	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for coupler
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
coupler n a mechanical device that serves to connect the ends of adjacent objects Synonym(s): coupling, coupler
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Copula \Cop"u*la\, n. [L., bond, band. See {Couple}.] 1. (Logic & Gram.) The word which unites the subject and predicate. 2. (Mus.) The stop which connects the manuals, or the manuals with the pedals; -- called also {coupler}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Coupler \Coup"ler\ (k?p"l?r), n. One who couples; that which couples, as a link, ring, or shackle, to connect cars. {Coupler of an organ}, a contrivance by which any two or more of the ranks of keys, or keys and pedals, are connected so as to act together when the organ is played.