- a jointing or being jointed
- the way in which parts are joined together
- utterance or enunciation; way of talking or pronouncing
- the moving of articulators to produce speech sounds
- a spoken sound, esp. a consonant
- a joint between bones or similar parts
- Bot.
- a joint in a stem or between two separable parts, as a branch and leaf
- a node or space between two nodes
- Music a particular manner of playing or singing a passage or piece: legato articulation
noun
- Articulation is defined as the act of speaking clearly.
An example of articulation is when a spelling teacher places careful emphasis on each syllable of a word in order for students to hear the sounds in the word.
- The definition of articulation is a fixed or movable joint between two bones.
An example of articulation is a knee which is between the bones in the calf and thigh.
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articulation
noun
- The act of vocal expression; utterance or enunciation: an articulation of the group's sentiments.
- a. The act or manner of producing a speech sound.b. A speech sound, especially a consonant.
- a. A jointing together or being jointed together.b. The method or manner of jointing.
- 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.
- 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.
- The conversion of a student's credits at one school to credits at another school by comparing the curricula.
Related Forms:
- ar·tic′u·la·to′ry ar·tic′u·la′tive
adjective
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- The arrangement of parts connected by joints.
- A fixed or movable joint between bones.
- A movable joint between inflexible parts of the body of an animal, as the divisions of an appendage in arthropods.
- A joint between two separable parts, as a leaf and a stem.
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Noun
(plural articulations)
- (countable or uncountable) A joint or the collection of joints at which something is articulated, or hinged, for bending.
- The articulation allowed the robot to move around corners.
- (countable) A manner or method by which elements of a system are connected.
- (uncountable) The quality, clarity or sharpness of speech.
- His volume is reasonable, but his articulation could use work.
- (music, uncountable) The manner in which something is articulated (tongued, slurred or bowed).
- The articulation in this piece is tricky because it alternates between legato and staccato.
- (accounting) The interrelation and congruence of the flow of data between financial statements of an entity, especially between the income statement and balance sheet.
Origin
From Old French articulacion, from Medieval Latin articulatio
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articulation - Medical Definition
n.
- The act of vocal expression; utterance or enunciation: an articulation of the group's sentiments.
- The act or manner of producing a speech sound.
- A speech sound, especially a consonant.
- Anatomy
- A fixed or movable joint between bones.
- A movable joint between inflexible parts of the body of an animal, as the divisions of an appendage in arthropods.
Related Forms:
- ar·tic′u·la·to′ry (-lə-tôr′ē) ar·tic′u·la′tive (-lā′tĭv, -lə-tĭv)
adj.
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Sentence Examples
- The astragalus has a pulley-like surface above for articulation into the tibia, but its lower surface is flattened and unites to a much greater extent with the navicular than with the cuboid, which bone is of comparatively less importance than in the Artiodactyles.
- A preorbital vacuity of such dimensions as to exclude the lachrymal bone from articulation with the nasal.
- The articulation between the tibia and astragalus is more complex than in other mammals, the end of the malleolus entering into it.
- On the whole, if they cannot be taught articulation, the manual alphabet seems the best and most convenient means of communication.
- Its proximal end forms a shallow cup for articulation with the outer condyle of the humerus; the distal end bears a knob which fits into the radial carpal.
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WORDS NEAR articulation IN THE DICTIONARY
- articulation
- articulately
- articulateness
- articulates