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  2. Copula (linguistics) - Wikipedia

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    The word copula derives from the Latin noun for a "link" or "tie" that connects two different things. [1] [2] A copula is often a verb or a verb-like word, though this is not universally the case. [3] A verb that is a copula is sometimes called a copulative or copular verb. In English primary education grammar courses, a copula is often called ...

  3. List of English copulae - Wikipedia

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    This is a non-exhaustive list of copulae in the English language, i.e. words used to link the subject of a sentence with a predicate (a subject complement).. Because many of these copulative verbs may be used non-copulatively, examples are provided.

  4. Contractible space - Wikipedia

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    This definition is occasionally referred to as the "geometric topologist's locally contractible," though is the most common usage of the term. In Hatcher's standard Algebraic Topology text, this definition is referred to as "weakly locally contractible," though that term has other uses.

  5. Copula - Wikipedia

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    Copula is a Latin term meaning link or tie. It can also refer to: Math. Copula (probability theory), a function linking marginal variables into a multivariate ...

  6. Romance copula - Wikipedia

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    A copula is a word that links the subject of a sentence with a predicate (a subject complement). Whereas English has one main copula verb (and some languages like Russian mostly express the copula implicitly) some Romance languages have more complex forms. Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, and

  7. Contraction mapping - Wikipedia

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    In mathematics, a contraction mapping, or contraction or contractor, on a metric space (M, d) is a function f from M to itself, with the property that there is some real number < such that for all x and y in M,

  8. Auxiliary verb - Wikipedia

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    An auxiliary verb (abbreviated aux) is a verb that adds functional or grammatical meaning to the clause in which it occurs, so as to express tense, aspect, modality, voice, emphasis, etc. Auxiliary verbs usually accompany an infinitive verb or a participle, which respectively provide the main semantic content of the clause. [1]

  9. Category:Sexual intercourse - Wikipedia

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    Human sexuality portal; Articles relating to sexual intercourse (coitus, copulation), the insertion and thrusting of the male penis inside the female vagina for sexual pleasure, reproduction, or both.