articulation

ar·tic·u·la·tion  (är-tky-lshn)

n.

1. The act of vocal expression; utterance or enunciation: an articulation of the group's sentiments.

2.

a. The act or manner of producing a speech sound.

b. A speech sound, especially a consonant.

3.

a. A jointing together or being jointed together.

b. The method or manner of jointing.

4. Anatomy

a. A fixed or movable joint between bones.

b. A movable joint between inflexible parts of the body of an animal, as the divisions of an appendage in arthropods.

5. Botany

a. A joint between two separable parts, as a leaf and a stem.

b. A node or a space on a stem between two nodes.

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ar·ticu·la·tory (-l-tôr, -tr), ar·ticu·lative (-ltv, -l-tv) adj.

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articulation [ɑːˌtɪkjʊˈleɪʃən]

n

1. the act or process of speaking or expressing in words

2. (Linguistics / Phonetics & Phonology)

a.  the process of articulating a speech sound

b.  the sound so produced, esp a consonant

3. the act or the state of being jointed together

4. the form or manner in which something is jointed

5. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Zoology) Zoology

a.  a joint such as that between bones or arthropod segments

b.  the way in which jointed parts are connected

6. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Botany) Botany the part of a plant at which natural separation occurs, such as the joint between leaf and stem

7. a joint or jointing

articulatory  adj

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articulation  (är-tky-lshn)

1. The arrangement of parts connected by joints.

2. A fixed or movable joint between bones.

3. A movable joint between inflexible parts of the body of an animal, as the divisions of an appendage in arthropods.

4. A joint between two separable parts, as a leaf and a stem.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	articulation - the aspect of pronunciation that involves bringing articulatory organs together so as to shape the sounds of speech affrication - the conversion of a simple stop consonant into an affricate aspiration - a manner of articulation involving an audible release of breath epenthesis - the insertion of a vowel or consonant into a word to make its pronunciation easier; "the insertion of a vowel in the plural of the word `bush' is epenthesis" nasalisation, nasalization - the act of nasalizing; the utterance of sounds modulated by the nasal resonators pronunciation - the manner in which someone utters a word; "they are always correcting my pronunciation" retroflection, retroflexion - an articulatory gesture made by turning the tip of the tongue back against the roof of the mouth diction, enunciation - the articulation of speech regarded from the point of view of its intelligibility to the audience syncopation, syncope - (phonology) the loss of sounds from within a word (as in `fo'c'sle' for `forecastle') sandhi - the articulatory process whereby the pronunciation of a word or morpheme changes when it is followed immediately by another (especially in fluent speech) thickness - indistinct articulation; "judging from the thickness of his speech he had been drinking heavily" trill - the articulation of a consonant (especially the consonant `r') with a rapid flutter of the tongue against the palate or uvula; "he pronounced his R's with a distinct trill"
	2.	articulation - the shape or manner in which things come together and a connection is made join, joint, junction, juncture esophagogastric junction, oesophagogastric junction - the junction between the esophagus and the stomach epithelium connexion, link, connection - a connecting shape
	3.	articulation - expressing in coherent verbal form; "the articulation of my feelings"; "I gave voice to my feelings" voice verbal expression, verbalism, expression - the communication (in speech or writing) of your beliefs or opinions; "expressions of good will"; "he helped me find verbal expression for my ideas"; "the idea was immediate but the verbalism took hours"
	4.	articulation - (anatomy) the point of connection between two bones or elements of a skeleton (especially if it allows motion) articulatio, joint fetlock, fetlock joint - the joint between the cannon bone and the pastern hock-joint, hock - tarsal joint of the hind leg of hoofed mammals; corresponds to the human ankle stifle, knee - joint between the femur and tibia in a quadruped; corresponds to the human knee elbow - the joint of a mammal or bird that corresponds to the human elbow body part - any part of an organism such as an organ or extremity hip socket - the socket part of the ball-and-socket joint between the head of the femur and the innominate bone articular muscle - a muscle that inserts directly onto the capsule of a joint articulatory system - the system of joints in the body fibrous joint, sutura, suture - an immovable joint (especially between the bones of the skull) articulatio synovialis, diarthrosis, synovial joint - a joint so articulated as to move freely endoskeleton - the internal skeleton; bony and cartilaginous structure (especially of vertebrates) anatomy, general anatomy - the branch of morphology that deals with the structure of animals
	5.	articulation - the act of joining things in such a way that motion is possible joining, connexion, connection - the act of bringing two things into contact (especially for communication); "the joining of hands around the table"; "there was a connection via the internet"

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articulation

noun

1. expression, delivery, pronunciation, speech, saying, talking, voicing, speaking, utterance, diction, enunciation, vocalization, verbalization an actor able to sustain clear articulation over long periods

2. voicing, statement, expression, verbalization a way of restricting their articulation of grievances

3. joint, coupling, jointing, connection, hinge, juncture The articulation of different modes of production

Translations

articulation [ɑːˌtɪkjʊˈleɪʃən] N

1. (= expression) [of thoughts, feelings] → expresión f

2. (= pronunciation) [of word, sentence] → articulación f

3. (Anat) → articulación f

articulation [ɑː^rˌtɪkjuˈleɪʃ^ən] n

(= phrasing) → articulation f

(= expression) [idea, feeling, grievances] → expression f

[structure, system] → articulation f

articulation

n

→ Artikulation f

(Anat) → Gelenkverbindung f

articulation [ɑːˌtɪkjʊˈleɪʃ/ən] n (of sounds) → articolazione f; (of speech) → dizione f