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articulation

/ɑɹˌtɪk.jəˈleɪ.ʃən/

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What does articulation mean?

noun

  1. A joint or the collection of joints at which something is articulated, or hinged, for bending.
  2. Such a joint in an animalian body, as for example between bones or between exoskeleton segments.
  3. A manner or method by which elements of a system are connected.
More meanings (5)

noun

  1. The quality, clarity, or sharpness of speech; the movement within the mouth that allows for those things.
  2. The mechanism by which a sound is formed in the vocal tract.
  3. The manner in which a note is attacked.
  4. The interrelation and congruence of the flow of data between financial statements of an entity, especially between the income statement and balance sheet.
  5. The induction of a pupil into a new school or college.

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IPA pronunciation

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The yeomen, farmers, dairymen, and townsfolk, who came to transact business in these ancient streets, spoke in other ways than by articulation.
Thomas HardyThe Mayor of CasterbridgeProject Gutenberg ebook #143
Or I may have hurt the articulation of the wings in marking them, an operation difficult to perform when you are guarding against stings.
Jean-Henri FabreThe Mason-BeesTranslated by Alexander Teixeira de MattosProject Gutenberg ebook #2884
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It may occur as a symptom of inflammation of the flexor tendons, ligaments of the fetlock joint and the articulation as well.
Robert Alexander CraigCommon Diseases of Farm AnimalsProject Gutenberg ebook #8502
As these increase in size they come to form fringed and villous membranous projections inserting themselves between the bones forming the articulation.
H. Caulton (Harry Caulton) ReeksDiseases of the Horse's FootProject Gutenberg ebook #11204
Occasionally there was a substitution of a great swelling of the tongue, rendering mastication and articulation very difficult for four or five days.
George M. (George Milbrey) Gould; Walter L. (Walter Lytle) PyleAnomalies and Curiosities of MedicineProject Gutenberg ebook #747