Associations to the word «Copula»

Wiktionary

COPULA, noun. (linguistics) (grammar) 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.
COPULA, noun. (statistics) A function that represents the association between two or more variables, independent of the individual marginal distributions of the variables.
COPULA, noun. (music) A device that connects two or more keyboards of an organ.

Dictionary definition

COPULA, noun. An equating verb (such as `be' or `become') that links the subject with the complement of a sentence.

Wise words

Life has no meaning unless one lives it with a will, at least to the limit of one's will. Virtue, good, evil are nothing but words, unless one takes them apart in order to build something with them; they do not win their true meaning until one knows how to apply them.
Paul Gauguin