ARTICULATION

articulation

(noun) the act of joining things in such a way that motion is possible

joint, articulation, articulatio

(noun) (anatomy) the point of connection between two bones or elements of a skeleton (especially if it allows motion)

articulation, voice

(noun) expressing in coherent verbal form; “the articulation of my feelings”; “I gave voice to my feelings”

articulation

(noun) the aspect of pronunciation that involves bringing articulatory organs together so as to shape the sounds of speech

articulation, join, joint, juncture, junction

(noun) the shape or manner in which things come together and a connection is made

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

articulation (countable and uncountable, plural articulations)

(countable or uncountable) A joint or the collection of joints at which something is articulated, or hinged, for bending.

(countable) A manner or method by which elements of a system are connected.

(uncountable) The quality, clarity or sharpness of speech.

(linguistics) The manner in which a phoneme is pronounced.

(music, uncountable) The manner in which something is articulated (tongued, slurred or bowed).

(accounting) The interrelation and congruence of the flow of data between financial statements of an entity, especially between the income statement and balance sheet.

Source: Wiktionary

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Ar*tic`u*la"tion, n. Etym: [Cf. F. articulation, fr. L. articulatio.]

1. (Anat.)

Definition: A joint or juncture between bones in the skeleton.

Note: Articulations may be immovable, when the bones are directly united (synarthrosis), or slightly movable, when they are united intervening substance (amphiarthrosis), or they may be more or less freely movable, when the articular surfaces are covered with synovial membranes, as in complete joints (diarthrosis). The last (diarthrosis) includes hinge joints, admitting motion in one plane only (ginglymus), ball and socket joints (enarthrosis), pivot and rotation joints, etc.

2. (Bot.) (a) The connection of the parts of a plant by joints, as in pods. (b) One of the nodes or joints, as in cane and maize. (c) One of the parts intercepted between the joints; also, a subdivision into parts at regular or irregular intervals as a result of serial intermission in growth, as in the cane, grasses, etc. Lindley.

3. The act of putting together with a joint or joints; any meeting of parts in a joint.

4. The state of being jointed; connection of parts. [R.] That definiteness and articulation of imagery. Coleridge.

5. The utterance of the elementary sounds of a language by the appropriate movements of the organs, as in pronunciation; as, a distinct articulation.

6. A sound made by the vocal organs; an articulate utterance or an elementary sound, esp. a consonant.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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