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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

unpair en · VERB

Etymology

From un- + pair.

Meanings

  1. (ambitransitive) To change from a paired to a non-paired state.
    • He unpaired his wireless earbuds from his phone.
    • Near-synonyms: disassociate; decouple, uncouple; dispair (uncommon)
    • The iterative pairing and unpairing cycles may tether plasmids equidistantly on the nucleoid to ensure faithful plasmid segregation by a mechanism compatible with the diffusion-ratchet mechanism as proposed from in vitro reconstituted systems. 2015 July 11, “ParAB Partition Dynamics in Firmicutes: Nucleoid Bound ParA Captures and Tethers ParB-Plasmid Complexes”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
unpairs Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
unpaired Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
unpaired Tense=Past lexicographic
unpairing Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic

Synonyms

decouple · dispair · uncouple · disassociate