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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024ar•tic•u•la•tion /ɑrˌtɪkyəˈleɪʃən/USA pronunciation n. [uncountable]- the expressing of an idea in speech or in words:Her articulation of the plan was convincing.
the act of pronouncing or producing speech sounds:the proper articulation of "th'' in English.the act of joining or the state of being joined:the articulation of skeletal bones. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024ar•tic•u•la•tion (är tik′yə lā′shən),USA pronunciation n. - an act or the process of articulating:the articulation of a form; the articulation of a new thought.
- Phonetics
- Phoneticsthe act or process of articulating speech.
- Phoneticsthe adjustments and movements of speech organs involved in pronouncing a particular sound, taken as a whole.
- Phoneticsany one of these adjustments and movements.
- Phoneticsany speech sound, esp. a consonant.
- the act of jointing.
- a jointed state or formation; a joint.
- [Bot.]
- Botanya joint or place between two parts where separation may take place spontaneously, as at the point of attachment of a leaf.
- Botanya node in a stem, or the space between two nodes.
- Anatomy, Zoologya joint, as the joining or juncture of bones or of the movable segments of an arthropod.
- Dentistry
- Dentistrythe positioning of teeth in a denture, usually on an articulator, for correct occlusion.
- Dentistrythe bringing of opposing tooth surfaces into contact with each other.
- Dentistrythe relations of the upper and lower natural or artificial teeth in occlusion.
- a measure of the effectiveness of a telephonic transmission system in reproducing speech comprehensibly, expressed as the percentage of speech units uttered that is correctly understood.
- Latin articulātiōn-, stem of articulātiō. See articulate, -ion
- Middle French
- late Middle English articulacio(u)n 1400–50
ar•tic•u•la•to•ry (är tik′yə lə tôr′ē, -tōr′ē),USA pronunciation adj. ar•tic′u•la•to′ri•ly, adv. Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: articulation /ɑːˌtɪkjʊˈleɪʃən/ n - the act or process of speaking or expressing in words
- the process of articulating a speech sound
- the sound so produced, esp a consonant
- the act or the state of being jointed together
- a joint such as that between bones or arthropod segments
- the way in which jointed parts are connected
- the part of a plant at which natural separation occurs, such as the joint between leaf and stem
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