copula
名词 n.
英 /ˈkɒpjʊlə/|/ˈkɒpjələ/
美 /ˈkɑpjələ/|/ˈkɔpjələ/
英文释义
名词 n.
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A word, usually a verb, used to link the subject of a sentence with a predicate (usually a subject complement or an adverbial), that unites or associates the subject with the predicate.
— I begin by arguing in section 2 that there are in fact at least two Celtic copulas, a grammatical copula that simply spells out tense and agreement, and a substantive copula formed on a lexically listed verbal stem.
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The bond or relationship by which two things are combined into a unity.
— The fact that in milk the copula or bond is exceedingly slight is evident from the spontaneous resolution of milk when left in a vessel, its resolution, namely, into cream—a white substance of comparative consistency,—and a sourish fluid; also from its ready resolution when, merely by motion, it is turned into butter, or, by heat, into various kinds of curds.
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A function that represents the association between two or more variables, independent of the individual marginal distributions of the variables.
— 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.
- A device that connects two or more keyboards of an organ.
- The act of copulation; mating.
词汇关系
词源
Borrowed from Latin cōpula (“connection, linking of words”), from co- (“together”) + apere (“fasten”). Doublet of couple.
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