Couple

Couple ( ) may refer to:

  • Two to five items of a type.
    • Two, Three, Four, Five members of a band.
  • Couple (mechanics), a system of forces with a resultant moment but no resultant force
  • Thermocouple, a type of temperature sensor

Famous quotes containing the word couple:

    “De gustibus non est disputandum;Mthat is, there is no disputing against HOBBY-HORSES; and, for my part, I seldom do ... for ... I keep a couple of pads myself, upon which, in their turns ... I frequently ride out and take the air.”
    —Laurence Sterne (1713–1768)

    “For a couple with young children, divorce seldom comes as a “solution” to stress, only as a way to end one form of pain and accept another.”
    —Fred Rogers (20th century)

    “If we make a couple of discoveries here and there we need not believe things will go on like this for ever.... Just as we hit water when we dig in the earth, so we discover the incomprehensible sooner or later.”
    —G.C. (Georg Christoph)