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Definition of Coping
1. Noun. Brick that is laid sideways at the top of a wall.
Definition of Coping
1. n. The highest or covering course of masonry in a wall, often with sloping edges to carry off water; -- sometimes called capping.
Definition of Coping
1. Noun. The top layer of a brick wall, especially one that slopes in order to throw off water ¹
2. Noun. (Psychology) the process of managing taxing circumstances, expending effort to solve personal and interpersonal problems, and seeking to master, minimize, reduce or tolerate stress or conflict. ¹
3. Verb. (present participle of cope) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Coping
1. the top part of a wall [n -S]
Medical Definition of Coping
1. 1. A thin metal covering or cap. 2. An adaptive or otherwise successful method of dealing with individual or environmental situations that involve psychologic or physiologic stress or threat. Transfer coping, in dentistry, a metallic, acrylic resin or other covering or cap used to position a die in an impression. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Coping
Literary usage of Coping
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of Architecture and Building, Biographical, Historical, and by Russell Sturgis (1901)
"Parallel coping. A coping which is not sloped on top t° S'1C<1 the water, but
flat ; it should ... coping STONE. A stone for forming a coping ; a capstone. ..."
2. Prevention Plus III: Assessing Alcohol & Other Drug Prevention Programs at by Jean A. Linney, Abraham Wandersman (1993)
"Of the goals listed, check the ones that apply to your program and add any others
on the lines provided. teach students specific coping skills ..."
3. Health Consequences of Smoking: Nicotine Addiction a Report of the Surgeon by C. Everett Koop, M.D., DIANE Publishing Company (1988)
"The rationale for coping skills training of tobacco- dependent individuals is
... Examples of behavioral coping responses are distracting activities, ..."
4. Alcohol and Tobacco: From Basic Science to Clinical Practice edited by Joanne B. Fertig, John P. Allen (2000)
"The constructive cycle starts with a moderate level of active coping, which
contributes both to further development of active coping (as a person receives ..."
5. The Sex Offender: Current Treatment Modalities and Systems Issuesby Barbara K Schwartz by Barbara K Schwartz (2002)
"Personal control and stress and coping processes: A theoretical analysis. ...
An analysis of coping in a middle aged community sample. ..."
6. A Rudimentary Treatise on Masonry and Stonecutting: In which the Principles by Edward Dobson (1849)
"To work the coping.—Divide the front edge of the wall into the number of stones
which the coping is to contain, and square the joints across from the face. ..."
7. The Future of Privacy by Perri 6 (1998)
"‘coping with' is a better description of the process than ‘managing', since
management suggests a greater measure of control over the content of the ..."
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