Copulation

//kɒp.jəˈleɪ.ʃən// noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The act of coupling or joining; union; conjunction. countable

    "I quite correctly defined logical copulation by means [of] the copula of inclusion."

  2. 2
    sexual activity between individuals, especially the insertion of a man's penis into a woman's vagina until orgasm and ejaculation occur wordnet
  3. 3
    Sexual procreation between a man and a woman or transfer of the sperm from male to female; usually applied to the mating process in nonhuman animals; coitus; coition. uncountable

    "Solomon, who was one of the Deity's favorities, had a copulation cabinet composed of seven hundred wives and three hundred concubines."

Etymology

From Middle French copulation, from Latin copulo (“I join, unite, connect”).

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