ARTICULATION


Meaning of ARTICULATION in English

(ˌ)ärˌtikyəˈlāshən, (ˌ)ȧˌt- noun

( -s )

Etymology: French, from Middle French, from Latin articulatus + French -ion

1.

a. : the action or manner of jointing or interrelating

a sketch showing the articulation of the limbs

try to show them the inner structure, the articulation of the parts — M.J.Adler

b. : the state of being jointed or systematically interrelated into a whole

articulation of the detail with the central thought — Gilbert Highet

the potency of movies depends upon the quality of their dramatic articulation — Bosley Crowther

specifically : interrelation of different levels of education (as elementary education, secondary education, higher education) for ensuring continuous advancement in learning

c. : the clarification of an architectural design by emphasizing certain parts of the structure (as stairs, corridors, or floors)

2.

a.

(1) : a joint or juncture between bones or cartilages in the skeleton of a vertebrate, being immovable when the bones are directly united, slightly movable when they are united by an intervening substance, or more or less freely movable when the articular surfaces are covered with smooth cartilage and surrounded by a fibrous capsule lined with synovial membrane — see amphiarthrosis , diarthrosis , synarthrosis

(2) : a movable joint between rigid parts of any animal (as between the segments of an insect appendage)

b.

(1) : a joint or connection between two parts capable of spontaneous separation (as the base of a leafstalk or of the peduncle of a flower)

(2) : a node or thickened portion of a stem or the interval between two such points

3.

a.

(1) : the act or manner of articulating

(2) : an articulated utterance or sound ; specifically : consonant

b. : a measure of the extent to which a transmission system is capable of reproducing the original speech

c. : the manner of sounding or uttering the separate notes or phrases that make up a melodic line in music

4.

a.

(1) : the act of properly arranging artificial teeth

(2) : an arrangement of artificial teeth

b. : occlusion 2a

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.