articulation
an act or the process of articulating: the articulation of a form;the articulation of a new thought.
Phonetics.
the act or process of articulating speech.
the adjustments and movements of speech organs involved in pronouncing a particular sound, taken as a whole.
any one of these adjustments and movements.
any speech sound, especially a consonant.
the act of jointing.
a jointed state or formation; a joint.
Botany.
a joint or place between two parts where separation may take place spontaneously, as at the point of attachment of a leaf.
a node in a stem, or the space between two nodes.
Anatomy, Zoology. a joint, as the joining or juncture of bones or of the movable segments of an arthropod.
Dentistry.
the positioning of teeth in a denture, usually on an articulator, for correct occlusion.
the bringing of opposing tooth surfaces into contact with each other.
the relations of the upper and lower natural or artificial teeth in occlusion.
a measure of the effectiveness of a telephonic transmission system in reproducing speech comprehensibly, expressed as the percentage of speech units uttered that is correctly understood.
Origin of articulation
1Other words from articulation
- ar·tic·u·la·to·ry [ahr-tik-yuh-luh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee], /ɑrˈtɪk yə ləˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i/, adjective
- ar·tic·u·la·to·ri·ly, adverb
- mis·ar·tic·u·la·tion, noun
- re·ar·tic·u·la·tion, noun
- sub·ar·tic·u·la·tion, noun
- un·ar·tic·u·la·to·ry, adjective
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How to use articulation in a sentence
The lower articulatory surface is formed by the third phalanx and the navicular bone combined.
Diseases of the Horse's Foot | Harry Caulton ReeksThe true articulatory surface of the bone, that articulating with the os pedis and with the os coronæ, is never affected.
Diseases of the Horse's Foot | Harry Caulton ReeksIt exists, in fact, simply in order that the os coronæ may have a sufficiently large articulatory surface to play upon.
Diseases of the Horse's Foot | Harry Caulton ReeksThe articulatory department is all which remains to be described.
Seed Thoughts for Singers | Frank Herbert TubbsArticulatory epideme: the partly chitinized membrane by which the wings are attached to the thorax.
Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology | John. B. Smith
British Dictionary definitions for articulation
/ (ɑːˌtɪkjʊˈleɪʃən) /
the act or process of speaking or expressing in words
the process of articulating a speech sound
the sound so produced, esp a consonant
the act or the state of being jointed together
the form or manner in which something is jointed
zoology
a joint such as that between bones or arthropod segments
the way in which jointed parts are connected
botany the part of a plant at which natural separation occurs, such as the joint between leaf and stem
a joint or jointing
Derived forms of articulation
- articulatory, adjective
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Scientific definitions for articulation
[ är-tĭk′yə-lā′shən ]
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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