copula
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See also cópula
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
Borrowed from Latin copula (“bond, tie”). See there for details.
Noun [edit]
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:
- (music) A device that connects two or more keyboards of an organ
Synonyms [edit]
- (grammar): linking verb, copular, copular verb
Related terms [edit]
terms related to copula
See also [edit]
Translations [edit]
grammar: linking kind of word
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statistics: measure of association
External links [edit]
- copula in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- copula in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
Anagrams [edit]
French [edit]
Pronunciation [edit]
Verb [edit]
copula
- third-person singular past historic of copuler
Italian [edit]
Etymology [edit]
Borrowed from Latin copula. Cognate to Italian coppia, from the same source, but inherited.
Noun [edit]
copula f (plural copule)
Verb [edit]
copula
Anagrams [edit]
Latin [edit]
Etymology [edit]
Contraction of *co-apula, from co (“together”) + apere (“to join”), apō (“I join”).
Noun [edit]
cōpula (genitive cōpulae); f, first declension
- A bond, tie, or other connecting item.
Inflection [edit]
| Number | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | cōpula | cōpulae |
| genitive | cōpulae | cōpulārum |
| dative | cōpulae | cōpulīs |
| accusative | cōpulam | cōpulās |
| ablative | cōpulā | cōpulīs |
| vocative | cōpula | cōpulae |
Derived terms [edit]
Descendants [edit]
Spanish [edit]
Verb [edit]
copula (infinitive copular)
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