from
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
copulation
n 1: the act of sexual procreation between a man and a woman;
the man's penis is inserted into the woman's vagina and
excited until orgasm and ejaculation occur [syn: {sexual
intercourse}, {intercourse}, {sex act}, {copulation},
{coitus}, {coition}, {sexual congress}, {congress}, {sexual
relation}, {relation}, {carnal knowledge}]
from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Copulation \Cop`u*la"tion\, n. [L. copulatio: cf. F.
copulation.]
1. The act of coupling or joining; union; conjunction.
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Wit, you know, is the unexpected copulation of
ideas. --Johnson.
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2. The coming together of male and female in the act of
generation; sexual union; coition.
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