articulation
Other forms: articulations
Articulation is the act of expressing something in a coherent verbal form, or an aspect of pronunciation involving the articulatory organs.
Articulation comes from the Latin word for "jointed" or "divided into joints." So it makes sense that the word's original definition described movement at a joint, as in the articulation of your fingers while you're typing. (The joints themselves can also be called articulations.) This noun also describes the act of joining things in such a way that makes motion possible.
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the shape or manner in which things come together and a connection is madetypes:esophagogastric junction, oesophagogastric junctionthe junction between the esophagus and the stomach epitheliumtype of:
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the act of joining things in such a way that motion is possibletype of:connection, connexion, joiningthe act of bringing two things into contact (especially for communication)
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(anatomy) the point of connection between two bones or elements of a skeleton (especially if it allows motion)synonyms: articulatio, jointtypes:elbowthe joint of a mammal or bird that corresponds to the human elbowarticulatio temporomandibularis, mandibular joint, temporomandibular jointthe joint between the head of the lower jawbone and the temporal bonefrontal suture, sutura frontalisthe suture between two halves of the frontal bone (usually obliterated by the age of 6)intermaxillary suture, sutura intermaxillaristhe suture between the two maxillae of the upper jawboneoccipitomastoid suturethe suture between the occipital and the temporal bones; a continuation of the lamboid sutureparietomastoid suturethe suture between the parietal and the temporal bonesarticulatio plana, gliding jointa freely moving joint in which the articulations allow only gliding motionsginglymoid joint, ginglymus, hinge jointa freely moving joint in which the bones are so articulated as to allow extensive movement in one planearticulatio spheroidea, ball-and-socket joint, cotyloid joint, enarthrodial joint, enarthrosis, spheroid jointa freely moving joint in which a sphere on the head of one bone fits into a rounded cavity in the other bonearticulatio trochoidea, pivot joint, rotary joint, rotatory jointa freely moving joint in which movement is limited to rotationtype of:body partany part of an organism such as an organ or extremity
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the act of expressing in coherent verbal form“the articulation of my feelings”synonyms: voicetype of:expression, verbal expression, verbalismthe communication (in speech or writing) of your beliefs or opinions
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the aspect of pronunciation that involves bringing articulatory organs together so as to shape the sounds of speechtypes:affricationthe conversion of a simple stop consonant into an affricateaspirationa manner of articulation involving an audible release of breathepenthesisthe insertion of a vowel or consonant into a word to make its pronunciation easiernasalisation, nasalizationthe act of nasalizing; the utterance of sounds modulated by the nasal resonatorsretroflection, retroflexionan articulatory gesture made by turning the tip of the tongue back against the roof of the mouthdiction, enunciationthe articulation of speech regarded from the point of view of its intelligibility to the audiencesyncopation, syncope(phonology) the loss of sounds from within a word (as in `fo'c'sle' for `forecastle')sandhithe articulatory process whereby the pronunciation of a word or morpheme changes when it is followed immediately by another (especially in fluent speech)thicknessindistinct articulationtrillthe articulation of a consonant (especially the consonant `r') with a rapid flutter of the tongue against the palate or uvulamumblingindistinct enunciationtype of:pronunciationthe manner in which someone utters a word
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