articulation
noun /ɑːˌtɪkjuˈleɪʃn/
/ɑːrˌtɪkjuˈleɪʃn/
- [uncountable] (formal) the expression of an idea or a feeling in words
- the articulation of his theory
- [uncountable] (formal) the act of making sounds in speech or music
- The singer worked hard on the clear articulation of every note.
- The tongue and teeth are both organs of articulation.
- As he drank more wine, his articulation suffered.
- [uncountable, countable, usually singular] (specialist) the state of having a joint or connection that allows movement; a joint or connection of this type
Word Originlate Middle English (in the senses ‘joint’, ‘joining’): from Latin articulatio(n-), from the verb articulare ‘divide into joints’, from articulus ‘small connecting part’, diminutive of artus ‘joint’.