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Intromission \In`tro*mis"sion\, n. [Cf. F. intromission. See
{Intromit}.]
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1. The act of sending in or of putting in; insertion.
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2. Specifically; (Zool.) The insertion of the male copulatory
organ into the female in the process of coitus. --South.
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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)
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3. The act of letting go in; admission.
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4. (Scots Law) An intermeddling with the affairs of another,
either on legal grounds or without authority.
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