EGAVE

articulation

About 4.51 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun A joint or the collection of joints at which something is articulated, or hinged, for bending.
    The articulation allowed the robot to move around corners.
  2. noun Such a joint in an animalian body, as for example between bones or between exoskeleton segments.
  3. noun A manner or method by which elements of a system are connected.
  4. noun The quality, clarity, or sharpness of speech; the movement within the mouth that allows for those things.
    His volume is reasonable, but his articulation could use work.
  5. noun The mechanism by which a sound is formed in the vocal tract.
    manner of articulation
  6. noun The manner in which a note is attacked.
    The articulation in this piece is tricky because it alternates between legato and staccato.
  7. noun The interrelation and congruence of the flow of data between financial statements of an entity, especially between the income statement and balance sheet.
  8. noun The induction of a pupil into a new school or college.

Similar words

join junction voice juncture joint articulatio knuckle interfacing drafting mapping

Often followed by

of and with is in between to are was

Word family

articulations

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