articulation

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[ UK /ɑːtˌɪkjʊlˈe‍ɪʃən/ ]
[ US /ˌɑɹtɪkjəˈɫeɪʃən/ ]
NOUN
  1. (anatomy) the point of connection between two bones or elements of a skeleton (especially if it allows motion)
  2. the act of joining things in such a way that motion is possible
  3. the shape or manner in which things come together and a connection is made
  4. the aspect of pronunciation that involves bringing articulatory organs together so as to shape the sounds of speech
  5. expressing in coherent verbal form
    the articulation of my feelings
    I gave voice to my feelings
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How To Use articulation In A Sentence

  • Immediately above this is a well-marked horizontal ridge, the conchal crest, for articulation with the inferior nasal concha; still higher is a second broad, shallow depression, which forms part of the middle meatus, and is limited above by a horizontal crest less prominent than the inferior, the ethmoidal crest, for articulation with the middle nasal concha. II. Osteology. 5b. 5. The Palatine Bone
  • We believe he, either, is turning his Nelson's eye to the scientific reports, or, is plain oblivious of Peter Bergen's cogent and coherent articulation of the demerits of EITs as image destroyers for the US. Cheney wrong on interrogation inquiry facts, Obama official says
  • Lipatti s performance possesses a clarity of articulation, a depth of sonority and an energy that shine through the crackly recording.
  • Compression of the radiocapitellar articulation sometimes results in damage to the radial head, the capitellum, or both.
  • Contesting articulations of musical practices could as a rule now arise only at the level of consumption.
  • By that time, Olson apparently was still convinced that this phoneme wasn't a labio-dental flap: The bilabial flap is a sound very similar to what is elsewhere called the labiodental flap, but the articulation is slightly different. Languagehat.com: NEW PHONETIC SYMBOL!
  • Yet one cannot be too strict in policing the boundaries between these two levels, for in drawing attention to the poetics of articulation, "Mont Blanc" suggests that philosophical argument inevitably relies on representations of an embodied "I," narrative exempla, privileged metaphors, and repeated terms. Rhyming Sensation in 'Mont Blanc'
  • As he drank more wine his articulation became worse.
  • He asks to think again, for example, about the relationship between read and heard versions of a poem, noting that Shelley's "poem suggests that rhyme somehow operates inherently within articulation itself, even when, or especially when, the ear is unaware," but wondering where that leaves us in our analysis of more "regular" poems. Introduction
  • The foreleg, which is attached to the thigh by a very flexible articulation, is also a double-edged saw, but the teeth are smaller, more numerous, and closer than those of the thigh. Social Life in the Insect World
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