articulation

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: ar=tic=u=la=tion

CIDE DICTIONARY

articulation, n. [Cf. F. articulation, fr. L. articulatio.].

•  A joint or juncture between bones in the skeleton.  [1913 Webster]

  " 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."  [1913 Webster]
•  The connection of the parts of a plant by joints, as in pods.  Lindley.  [1913 Webster]
•  The act of putting together with a joint or joints; any meeting of parts in a joint.  [1913 Webster]
•  The state of being jointed; connection of parts.  [1913 Webster]

  "That definiteness and articulation of imagery."  [1913 Webster]
•  The utterance of the elementary sounds of a language by the appropriate movements of the organs, as in pronunciation; as, a distinct articulation.  [1913 Webster]
•  A sound made by the vocal organs; an articulate utterance or an elementary sound, esp. a consonant.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

articulation, n.
1 a the act of speaking. b articulate utterance; speech.
2 a the act or a mode of jointing. b a joint.

Etymology

F articulation or L articulatio f. articulare joint (as ARTICLE, -ATION)

THESAURUS

articulation

Indian file, agglomeration, agglutination, aggregation, allophone, alveolar, ankle, antonym, apico-alveolar, apico-dental, array, aspiration, assimilation, attack, bank, bilabial, bond, boundary, bracketing, butt, buzz, cacuminal, catena, catenation, cerebral, cervix, chain, chain reaction, chaining, check, clinch, closure, clustering, combination, communication, concatenation, concourse, concurrence, confluence, congeries, conglomeration, conjugation, conjunction, connecting link, connecting rod, connection, consecution, consonant, continuant, continuum, convergence, copulation, coupling, course, cycle, delivery, dental, descent, diphthong, dissimilation, dovetail, drone, elbow, embrace, endless belt, endless round, enunciation, epenthetic vowel, explosive, expression, file, filiation, free form, gamut, gathering, glide, gliding joint, glottal, glottalization, gradation, guttural, hinge, hinged joint, hip, homograph, homonym, homophone, hookup, hum, intercommunication, intercourse, interface, interlinking, join, joinder, joining, joint, jointure, junction, juncture, knee, knotting, knuckle, labial, labialization, labiodental, labiovelar, laryngeal, lateral, lexeme, liaison, line, lineage, lingual, linguistic form, link, linkage, linking, liquid, locution, logos, manner of articulation, marriage, meeting, merger, merging, metonym, minimum free form, miter, modification, monophthong, monosyllable, monotone, morphophoneme, mortise, mute, nasal, neck, nexus, occlusive, pairing, palatal, parasitic vowel, peak, pendulum, periodicity, pharyngeal, pharyngealization, phonation, phone, phoneme, pivot, pivot joint, plenum, plosive, polysyllable, powder train, progression, pronunciation, prothetic vowel, queue, rabbet, range, rank, recurrence, reticulation, retroflex, rotation, round, routine, row, run, scale, scarf, seam, segmental phoneme, semivowel, sequence, series, shoulder, single file, sonant, sonority, spectrum, speech sound, splice, stitch, stop, string, succession, surd, suture, swath, syllabic nucleus, syllabic peak, syllable, symbiosis, symphysis, synonym, term, thread, tie, tie rod, tie-in, tie-up, tier, toggle, toggle joint, train, transition sound, triphthong, unification, union, usage, utterance, velar, verbalism, verbum, vocable, vocalic, vocalization, vocoid, voice, voiced sound, voiceless sound, voicing, vowel, weld, windrow, word, wrist, yoking

ROGET THESAURUS

articulation

Voice

N voice, vocality, organ, lungs, bellows, good voice, fine voice, powerful voice, musical voice, intonation, tone of voice, vocalization, cry, strain, utterance, prolation, exclamation, ejaculation, vociferation, ecphonesis, enunciation, articulation, articulate sound, distinctness, clearness, of articulation, stage whisper, delivery, accent, accentuation, emphasis, stress, broad accent, strong accent, pure accent, native accent, foreign accent, pronunciation, homonym, orthoepy, cacoepy, euphony, gastriloquism, ventriloquism, ventriloquist, polyphonism, polyphonist, phonology, vocal, phonetic, oral, ejaculatory, articulate, distinct, stertorous, euphonious, how sweetly sounds the voice of a good woman, the organ of the soul, thy voice is a celestial melody.

Junction

N junction, joining, joinder, union connection, conjunction, conjugation, annexion, annexation, annexment, astriction, attachment, compagination, vincture, ligation, alligation, accouplement, marriage infibulation, inosculation, symphysis, anastomosis, confluence, communication, concatenation, meeting, reunion, assemblage, coition, copulation, sex, sexual congress, sexual conjunction, sexual intercourse, love-making, joint, joining, juncture, pivot, hinge, articulation, commissure, seam, gore, gusset, suture, stitch, link, miter mortise, closeness, tightness coherence, combination, annexationist, joined, joint, conjoint, conjunct, corporate, compact, hand in hand, firm, fast, close, tight, taut, taught, secure, set, intervolved, inseparable, indissoluble, insecable, severable, jointly, in conjunction with, fast, firmly intimately, tria juncta in uno.