unpair

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English

Etymology

From un- +‎ pair.

Verb

unpair (third-person singular simple present unpairs, present participle unpairing, simple past and past participle unpaired)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) To change from a paired to a non-paired state.
    Near-synonyms: disassociate; decouple, uncouple; dispair (uncommon)
    He unpaired his wireless earbuds from his phone.
    • 2015 July 11, “ParAB Partition Dynamics in Firmicutes: Nucleoid Bound ParA Captures and Tethers ParB-Plasmid Complexes”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
      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.

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