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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.

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

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articulation

Noun

1. the expressing of an idea in words

2. the process of articulating a speech sound or the sound so produced

3. a being jointed together

4. Zool a joint between bones or arthropod segments

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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, saying, talking, voicing, speaking, utterance, diction, enunciation, vocalization, verbalization

noun 2. voicing, statement, expression, verbalization

noun 3. joint, coupling, jointing, connection, hinge, juncture