Copula

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A verb, such as a form of be or seem, that identifies the predicate of a sentence with the subject. Also called linking verb.
  • n. Logic The word or set of words that serves as a link between the subject and predicate of a proposition.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. 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).
  • n. A function that represents the association between two or more variables, independent of the individual marginal distributions of the variables.
  • n. A device that connects two or more keyboards of an organ
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • 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.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. In grammar and logic, that word or part of a proposition which expresses the relation between the subject and the predicate.
  • n. In an organ, same as coupler.
  • n. In anatomy, some coupling or connecting part, usually distinguished by a qualifying term; especially, a median bone or cartilage connecting hyoidean and branchial arches, and also uniting opposite halves of these arches respectively, as a basibranchial.
  • n. In law, sexual intercourse.
  • n. In botany, same as zygospore.
  • n. In zoology, the cell resulting from the union of a microgamete and a macrogamete among the Sporozoa.
  • n. In chem., one compound substance united with and modifying the character of another. See copulated compound.
  • n. A commissure; the corpus callosum.
  • n. In music, a brief connecting passage, especially between the subject and answer of a fugue. Also called codetta or conduit.
  • n. Same as amboceptor.
  • n. In ichthyology, same as actinost.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. an equating verb (such as `be' or `become') that links the subject with the complement of a sentence
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    copulae    coupler   
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    iungitur    king    withe    taxpayer    omnium    amorem    copulative    small craft    scribam    Spiro