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Copulation
//kɒp.jəˈleɪ.ʃən// noun
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The act of coupling or joining; union; conjunction. countable
"I quite correctly defined logical copulation by means [of] the copula of inclusion."
- 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 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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