coition

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The motions of disjoined magnetical parts of the Earth, besides the motion of aggregation, are coition, revolution, and the direction of the parts to the whole, for harmony of form, and concordancy.

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

Since it is an element, it has a motion natural to it, and this motion is magnetic coition.

From The Natural Philosophy of William Gilbert and His Predecessors by King, W. James

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

Stallions suffering in this way will refuse to mount or, having mounted, will fail to complete the act of coition.

From Special Report on Diseases of the Horse by Michener, Charles B.

A hypothesis similar to that used to explain electric attraction lay beneath the explanation of magnetic coition: that bodies brought into contact will move together.

From The Natural Philosophy of William Gilbert and His Predecessors by King, W. James