Copula (disambiguation)
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Copula may refer to:
- copula (linguistics), a word used to link subject and predicate
- Indo-European copulaIndo-European copulaA feature common to all Indo-European languages is the presence of a verb corresponding to the English verb to be. Though in some languages, such as Russian, it is vestigial, it is present nonetheless in atrophied forms or derivatives.-General features:...
, this word in the Indo-European languages
- Indo-European copula
- copula (music)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. However, it is often considered to be a particular type of polyphonic texture similar to organum, but with modal rhythm. The...
, a type of polyphonic texture similar to organum - copula (probability theory), a function linking marginal variables into a multivariate distribution
- copula linguaeCopula linguaeAlso known as the hypobranchial eminence.The furcula is at first separated from the tuberculum impar by a depression, but later by a ridge, the copula, formed by the forward growth and fusion of the ventral ends of the second, third, and part of the fourth branchial arches....
, an embryonic structure of the tongue