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Articulation
Articulation Ar*tic`u*la"tion, n. [Cf. F. articulation, fr. L.
articulatio.]
1. (Anat.) 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.
Meaning of Articulation from wikipedia
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Articulation may
refer to:
Articulatory phonetics, the
study of how
humans produce speech sounds via the
interaction of
physiological structures Manner...
- In
articulatory phonetics, the
manner of
articulation is the
configuration and
interaction of the
articulators (speech
organs such as the tongue, lips...
-
transcription delimiters. In
articulatory phonetics, the
place of
articulation (also
point of
articulation) of a
consonant is an
approximate location along the vocal...
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Articulation, or more
specifically course articulation, is the
process of
comparing the
content of
courses that are
transferred between postsecondary institutions...
- In phonetics,
secondary articulation occurs when the
articulation of a
consonant is
equivalent to the
combined articulations of two or
three simpler consonants...
- architecture,
articulation is a
method of
styling the
joints in the
formal elements of
architectural design.
Through degrees of
articulation, each part is...
- See
media help.
Articulation is a
musical parameter that
determines how a
single note or
other discrete event is sounded.
Articulations primarily structure...
-
Interest articulation is a way for
members of a
society to
express their needs to a
system of government. It can
range from
personal contact with government...
- A
joint or
articulation (or
articular surface) is the
connection made
between bones, ossicles, or
other hard
structures in the body
which link an animal's...
- In audiology, the
Articulation Index (AI) is a tool used to
predict the
amount of
speech that is
audible to a
patient with a
specific hearing loss. The...
