copulants

Noun

copulant (plural copulants)

1. One engaged in sexual union.
   • Those which produce copulable copulants in one individual are designated as monoecious, while those in which copulable copulants must come from different individuals are considered dioecious.1929 September, George K. K. Link, “Reproduction in Thallophytes, with special reference to fungi”, in The Botanical Gazette, volume 88, number 1
2. Something that brings other things together into a unified whole.
   • It is well known from chemistry that a fatty or oily element will not of itself unite with a watery, but must be united by means of saline copulants.1912, Emanuel Swedenborg, Alfred Acton, The Animal Kingdom, page 345
3. A sign that represents the joining or unity of other signs.
   • The copulants are likewise indispensable and have the property of being Continuant.1974, Charles Sanders Peirce ·, Collected Papers of Charles Sanders Peirce - Volume 7, page 236

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