ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈmishən noun
( -s )
Etymology: Medieval Latin intromission-, intromissio, from intromissus (past participle of Medieval Latin — with reflexive pronoun object — intromittere ) + Latin -ion-, -io -ion — more at smite
1. Scots law : an intermeddling with the affairs or effects of another — see legal intromission , vicious intromission
2.
[French, from Middle French, from Latin intromissus (past participle of intromittere to send in, let in) + Middle French -ion ]
a. : the act of sending, letting, or putting in or the state of being sent, let, or put in : insertion , admission ; specifically : the introduction of the penis into or its maintenance within the vagina during coitus
b. : the time during which intromission is sustained during coitus