Definition of Articulation

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Articulation

A joint or juncture between bones in the skeleton.

The connection of the parts of a plant by joints, as in pods.

One of the nodes or joints, as in cane and maize.

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.

The act of putting together with a joint or joints; any meeting of parts in a joint.

The state of being jointed; connection of parts.

The utterance of the elementary sounds of a language by the appropriate movements of the organs, as in pronunciation; as, a distinct articulation.

A sound made by the vocal organs; an articulate utterance or an elementary sound, esp. a consonant.

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Articulation Quotations

If the tongue had not been framed for articulation, man would still be a beast in the forest.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

Everything I've ever done, in the writing world, has been to expand articulation, rather than to close it.
Toni Morrison

A lot of those little things that I really like doing are just moments of cool articulation, just little moments of phrasing that probably go over everybody's head.
Steve Vai

I did a comparison of a school of architects known as the New York Five. I compared their articulation of wall surfaces, which I enjoyed very much.
Parker Stevenson

The hand has the richest articulation of space.
Eduardo Chillida

Articulation Translations

articulation in German is Artikulation {f}
articulation in Swedish is artikulation, artikulera

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