unpair

present singular third person unpairs · participle present unpairing · participle past unpaired · past unpaired

1. ambitransitiveTo change from a paired to a non-paired state.

   He unpaired his wireless earbuds from his phone.

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   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

   Synonyms: disassociate, decouple, uncouple, dispair