Dictionary entries for 'articulation'

Synonyms

ar·tic·u·la·tion (är-tĭḱyə-lā́shən)

noun

The act of vocal expression; utterance or enunciation: an articulation of the group's sentiments.
1. The act or manner of producing a speech sound.
2. A speech sound, especially a consonant.
1. A jointing together or being jointed together.
2. The method or manner of jointing.
Anatomy
1. A fixed or movable joint between bones.
2. A movable joint between inflexible parts of the body of an animal, as the divisions of an appendage in arthropods.
Botany
1. A joint between two separable parts, as a leaf and a stem.
2. A node or a space on a stem between two nodes.