Copula may refer to:
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Copula (linguistics)
In linguistics, a copula (plural: copulas or copulae; abbreviated ) is a word or phrase that links the subject of a sentence to a subject complement, such as the word ''is'' in the sentence "The sky is blue" or the phrase ''was not being'' i ...
, a word used to link subject and predicate
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Copula (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..."Strunk, William Oliver (199 ...
, a type of polyphonic texture similar to organum
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Copula (probability theory)
In probability theory and statistics, a copula is a multivariate cumulative distribution function for which the marginal probability distribution of each variable is uniform on the interval , 1 Copulas are used to describe/model the de ...
, a function linking marginal variables into a multivariate distribution
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''Copula'' (cnidarian), a genus of box jellyfish
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Beatmania IIDX 23: Copula'', a video game
See also
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Copula linguae
The copula linguae or copula, is a swelling that forms from the second pharyngeal arch
The pharyngeal arches, also known as visceral arches'','' are structures seen in the embryonic development of vertebrates that are recognisable precursors ...
, an embryonic structure of the tongue
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Copulas in signal processing
A copula is a mathematical function that provides a relationship between marginal distributions of random variables and their joint distributions. Copulas are important because it represents a dependence structure without using marginal distributi ...
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Copulation (zoology)
In zoology, copulation is animal sexual behavior in which a male introduces sperm into the female's body, especially directly into her reproductive tract. This is an aspect of mating. Many animals that live in water use external fertilization, whe ...
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Cupola
In architecture, a cupola () is a relatively small, most often dome-like, tall structure on top of a building. Often used to provide a lookout or to admit light and air, it usually crowns a larger roof or dome.
The word derives, via Italian, from ...
, an architectural term
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Cupola furnace
A cupola or cupola furnace is a melting device used in foundries that can be used to melt cast iron, Ni-resist iron and some bronzes. The cupola can be made almost any practical size. The size of a cupola is expressed in diameters and can range f ...
, a foundry device
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Cupula (disambiguation)
A cupula is a small, inverted cup or dome-shaped cap over a structure, including:
* Ampullary cupula, a structure in the vestibular system, providing the sense of spatial orientation
* Cochlear cupula, a structure in the cochlea
* Cupula of the ple ...
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Cupule (disambiguation)
A cupule is a small structure shaped like a cup, including:
* In archeology, rock cupules are circular man-made hollows on the surface of a large rock or a rock slab
** On a smaller artifact they are called a cupstone.
* In botany: the base of an ...
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Indo-European copula
A feature common to all Indo-European languages is the presence of a verb corresponding to the English verb ''to be''.
General features
This verb has two basic meanings:
*In a less marked context it is a simple copula (''I’m tired''; ''That ...
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Romance copula
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