coition
Americannoun
Other Word Forms
- coitional adjective
Etymology
Origin of coition
First recorded in 1535–45; from Latin coitiōn- (stem of coitiō ) “a coming together,” equivalent to coi-, variant stem of coīre “to come together” ( co- “together, with” + īre “to go”) + -tiōn- noun suffix; co-, -tion
Example Sentences
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Objection 1: It would seem that generation by coition would not have existed in the state of innocence.
From Summa Theologica, Part I (Prima Pars) From the Complete American Edition by Thomas, Aquinas, Saint
Union with an armed Loadstone is stronger; hence greater weights are raised; but the coition is not stronger, but generally weaker.
From On the magnet, magnetick bodies also, and on the great magnet the earth a new physiology, demonstrated by many arguments & experiments by Gilbert, William
In particular, he distinguished electric attraction from magnetic coition, and pointed out the main features of electrical attraction.
From The Natural Philosophy of William Gilbert and His Predecessors by King, W. James
A determined Verticity and a disponent Faculty are what arrange magneticks, not a force, attracting them or pulling them together, nor merely a strongish coition or unition.
From On the magnet, magnetick bodies also, and on the great magnet the earth a new physiology, demonstrated by many arguments & experiments by Gilbert, William
Terrestrial and magnetick coition and motion, when corporeal impediments are interposed, is demonstrated also by the efficiencies of other chief bodies due to their primary form.
From On the magnet, magnetick bodies also, and on the great magnet the earth a new physiology, demonstrated by many arguments & experiments by Gilbert, William
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