/koh'ahr tik'yeuh lay"sheuhn/ , n. Phonet.
1. concomitance of articulation, as in fro, ostensibly a succession of three discrete sounds but physically a single articulation /f-/ blending into a coarticulation /-fr-/ , which blends into an articulation /-r-/ , which blends into a coarticulation /-ro-/ , which blends into an articulation /-o/ .
2. Also called secondary articulation . the movement during the articulation of a given sound of one or more articulators not directly involved in producing the sound.
[ 1605-15; CO- + ARTICULATION ]