articulation
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(noun) the act of joining things in such a way that motion is possible |
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Related Words: connecting, connection, connexion, joining |
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(noun) expressing in coherent verbal form; "the articulation of my feelings" or "I gave voice to my feelings" |
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Synonyms: voice |
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Related Words: expression |
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(noun) bringing articulatory organs together so as to shape the sounds of speech |
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Related Words: affrication, aspiration, diction, enunciation, nasalization, pronunciation, retroflection, retroflexion, rough breathing, syncopation, syncope |
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(noun) the shape or manner in which things come together and a connection is made |
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Synonyms: join, joint, junction, juncture |
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Related Words: connection, connexion, esophagogastric junction, link |
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(noun) (anatomy) the point of connection between two bones or elements of a skeleton especially if the articulatio allows motion |
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Synonyms: articulatio, joint |
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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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