coition
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The word Coitio, used by Gilbert for the mutual force between magnet and iron, has been retained in its English form, coition.
From On the magnet, magnetick bodies also, and on the great magnet the earth a new physiology, demonstrated by many arguments & experiments by William Gilbert
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 W. James King
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 W. James King
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 William Gilbert
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 Saint Thomas Aquinas
