articulation

1. (noun) the act of joining things in such a way that motion is possible
Related Words: connecting, connection, connexion, joining

2. (noun) expressing in coherent verbal form; "the articulation of my feelings" or "I gave voice to my feelings"
Synonyms: voice
Related Words: expression

3. (noun) bringing articulatory organs together so as to shape the sounds of speech
Related Words: affrication, aspiration, diction, enunciation, nasalization, pronunciation, retroflection, retroflexion, rough breathing, syncopation, syncope

4. (noun) the shape or manner in which things come together and a connection is made
Synonyms: join, joint, junction, juncture
Related Words: connection, connexion, esophagogastric junction, link

5. (noun) (anatomy) the point of connection between two bones or elements of a skeleton especially if the articulatio allows motion
Synonyms: articulatio, joint
Related Words: articulatio synovialis, articulatio temporomandibularis, body part, bregma, elbow, fetlock, fetlock joint, hock, knee, knuckle, knuckle joint, mandibular joint, metacarpophalangeal joint, stifle, sutura, suture, synovial joint, temporomandibular joint



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