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Articulative

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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.
ar·ticu·la·tory (-l-tôr, -tr), ar·ticu·lative (-ltv, -l-tv) adj.
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Adj.1.articulative - of or relating to articulation; "articulatory features"; "articulatory phonetics"
articulatory
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