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Copula logo #10101) Connection
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Copula

Copula logo #10101) Copulative 2) Linking verb 3) Medieval music 4) Part of speech 5) Transitional musical passage 6) Verb
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Copula logo #21000[jellyfish] Copula is a monotypic genus of box jellyfish in the family Tripedaliidae of the phylum Cnidaria. The only species in the genus is Copula sivickisi, a very small gelatinous, bell-shaped organism with four tentacles that is active only at night. It is unusual among box jellyfish in having a mating ritual and internal fertilisation...
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Copula logo #21000[linguistics] In linguistics, a copula (plural: copulas or copulae) is a word used to link the subject of a sentence with a predicate (a subject complement), such as the word is in the sentence `The sky is blue.` The word copula derives from the Latin noun for a `link` or `tie` that connects two different things. A copula is often a verb or...
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Copula logo #21000[music] With regard to early polyphony the term copula has a variety of meanings. At its most basic level, it can be thought of as the linking of notes together to form a melody. `A copula is a rapid, connected discant...` However, it is often considered to be a particular type of polyphonic texture similar to organum, but with modal rhythm...
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Copula logo #21000[probability theory] ==Applications== ===Quantitative finance=== In risk/portfolio management, copulas are used to perform stress-tests and robustness checks that are especially important during `downside/crisis/panic regimes” where extreme downside events may occur (e.g., the global financial crisis of 2008–2009). During a downside reg...
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Copula logo #21002• (n.) The word which unites the subject and predicate. • (n.) The stop which connects the manuals, or the manuals with the pedals; -- called also coupler.
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copula logo #21003(from the article `logic`) ...of objects. The adjective must be replaced by a noun phrase to obtain a proper categorical proposition. In all cases, propositions must be ... ...of propositions that can be analyzed as consisting of (1) usually a quantifier (`every,` `some,` or the universal negative quantifier `no...
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copula logo #209731. In anatomy, a narrow part connecting two structures, e.g., the body of the hyoid bone. ... 2. A swelling that is formed during the early development of the tongue by the medial portion of the second branchial arch; it is overgrown by the hypobranchial eminence and is not present in the adult tongue. ... 3. Obsolete term for zygote. ... Origin: L...
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copula logo #21001(kop´u-lә) any connecting part or structure.
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Copula logo #20972Cop'u·la noun [ Latin , bond, band. See Couple .] 1. (Logic & Gram.) The word which unites the subject and predicate. 2. (Mus.) The stop which connects the manuals, or the manuals with the pedals; -- called also coupler .
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Copula logo #20492(Copula / linking verb) Verbs that act to link a subject to a complement, for example, the verb 'is' in, 'The rabbit is soft and furry' are called 'copulas' or 'linking verbs'.…
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copula logo #21219Type: Term Pronunciation: kop′yū-lă Definitions: 1. In anatomy, a narrow part connecting two structures, the body of the hyoid bone. 2. A swelling formed during the early development of the tongue by the medial portions of the second pharyngeal arches; it is overgrown by the hypopharyngeal eminence and is not present in the adult to...
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copula logo #20400[n] - an equating verb (such as `be` or `become`) that links the subject with the complement of a sentence
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copula logo #10137a style of Notre-Dame organum in which the top voice is measured (that is, it uses one of the rhythmic modes) but the bottom voice is unmeasured. Related terms: organum purum , discant (2) .
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copula logo #20974copulative noun an equating verb (such as `be` or `become`) that links the subject with the complement of a sentence
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Copula logo #21203The traditional analysis of a proposition into subject and predicate involves a third part, the copula (is, are, is not, are not), binding the subject and predicate together into an assertion either of affirmation or of denial. It is now, however, commonly held that several wholly different meanings of the verb to be should be distinguished in thi....
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copula logo #22346the act of sexual union
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copula logo #21199something that connects or links together. · Also calleda verb, as be, seem, or look, that serves as a connecting link or establishes an identity between subject and complement. · a word or set of words that acts as a connecting link between the subject and predicate of a proposition.
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copula logo #23037A particular verb — be in English, sein in German — which links elements in a sentence, usually in assigning attributes or qualities to nouns, e.g. Patrick is a miserable linguist.
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