Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The act of coupling; conjunction; union.
  • noun Sexual connection; coition.
  • noun In chem. See copulated compound.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun The act of coupling or joining; union; conjunction.
  • noun The coming together of male and female in the act of generation; sexual union; coition.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun countable The act of coupling or joining; union; conjunction.
  • noun uncountable The coming together of male and female in the act of generation; sexual intercourse; coition.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun 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

Etymologies

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copulate +‎ -tion

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