copula
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
From Latin copula (“‘bond, tie’”), contraction of *co-apula < co (“‘together’”) + apere (“‘to join’”)
[edit] Noun
copula (plural copulas or copulae)
- (grammar) A word used to link the subject of a sentence with a predicate (usually a subject complement or an adverbial); it serves to unite (or associate) the subject with the predicate. (e.g. be).
- (statistics) A function that represents the association between two or more variables, independent of the individual marginal distributions of the variables.
- 2009 March 10, Dennis Overbye, “Mathematical Model and the Mortgage Mess”, New York Times:
- In 2000, David X. Li, a banker with a doctorate in statistics who was then at RiskMetrics, part of J. P. Morgan Chase , began using mathematical functions called Gaussian copulas to estimate the likelihood of corporations’ dying in unison.
- 2009 March 10, Dennis Overbye, “Mathematical Model and the Mortgage Mess”, New York Times:
[edit] Synonyms
- (grammar): linking verb, copular, copular verb
[edit] Related terms
terms related to copula
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[edit] Translations
grammar: linking kind of word
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statistics: measure of association
[edit] External links
- copula in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- copula in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
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[edit] Italian
[edit] Noun
copula f. (plural copule)
[edit] Latin
[edit] Etymology
For coapula, from co- + apere ‘to bond’.from Arabic Koofl: meaning lock, and Possibly semitic כפל ‘doubled’.
[edit] Noun
cōpula (genitive cōpulae); f, first declension
- A bond, tie, or other connecting item.
[edit] Inflection
| Number | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | cōpula | cōpulae |
| genitive | cōpulae | cōpulārum |
| dative | cōpulae | cōpulīs |
| accusative | cōpulam | cōpulās |
| ablative | cōpulā | cōpulīs |
| vocative | cōpula | cōpulae |
