intromission

Noun

WordNet 3.0

Noun (1)

the act of putting one thing into anotherSynonyms: insertion introduction

Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Intromission \In`tro*mis"sion\, n. [Cf. F. intromission. See Intromit.] [1913 Webster]

1.The act of sending in or of putting in; insertion. [1913 Webster]

2.Specifically; (Zool.) The insertion of the male copulatory organ into the female in the process of coitus. --South. [1913 Webster +PJC]

Four populations [of the vlei rat] varied in a number of parameters of copulatory behavior, such as latency to first mount, number of intromissions per series, and latency to intromission after first ejaculation. --Edith Dempster (African Small Mammals Newsletter, Issue No. 16, May 1996, Laboratoir Mammif[`e]res & Oiseaux, Paris) [PJC]

3.The act of letting go in; admission. [1913 Webster]

4.(Scots Law) An intermeddling with the affairs of another, either on legal grounds or without authority. [1913 Webster]