articulated

[ahr-tik-yuh-ley-tid]

adjective

made clear or distinct: articulated sounds.
having a joint or joints; jointed: an articulated appendage.
(of a vehicle) built in sections that are hinged or otherwise connected so as to allow flexibility of movement: an articulated bus; an articulated locomotive.

Origin of articulated

First recorded in 1545–55; articulate + -ed²

Related formsmul·ti·ar·tic·u·lat·ed, adjectiveun·ar·tic·u·lat·ed, adjectivewell-ar·tic·u·lat·ed, adjective

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There is not the remotest suggestion of the towhee minstrelsy in his prolonged and well-articulated melody.
Birds of the Rockies
Leander Sylvester Keyser
Out of them, even in their fragmentary state, a well-articulated system might be made.
Edward Caldwell Moore
Edward Moore

adj.

"jointed," 1610s, past participle adjective from articulate (v.). Meaning "made distinct" is from 1855.

well-articulated in Medicine

(är-tĭk′yə-lā-tĭd)

adj.