copulation Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. 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
    congress; intercourse; sexual intercourse; sex act; sexual relation; carnal knowledge; sexual congress; relation; coitus; coition.

WordNet

Cop`u*la"tion noun
Etymology
L. copulatio: cf. F. copulation.
Definitions
  1. The act of coupling or joining; union; conjunction.
    Wit, you know, is the unexpected copulation of ideas. Johnson.
  2. The coming together of male and female in the act of generation; sexual union; coition.

Webster 1913