copula
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[edit] Etymology
From Latin copula ‘bond, tie’.
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copula (plural copulas)
- (grammar) A word used to link the subject of a sentence with a predicate (usually a subject complement or an adverbial); it serves to equate (or associate) the subject with the predicate. (e.g. be).
- (statistics) A measure of association between two or more variables, independent of the individual marginal distributions of the variables.
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grammar: linking kind of word
statistics: measure of association
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[edit] Italian
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copula f. (plural copule)
[edit] Latin
[edit] Etymology
For coapula, from co- + apere ‘to bond’. Possibly semitic כפל ‘doubled’.
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cōpŭla, -ae f.
- A bond, tie, or other connecting item.

