ARTICULATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does articulation mean? 

• ARTICULATION (noun)
  The noun ARTICULATION has 5 senses:

1. the aspect of pronunciation that involves bringing articulatory organs together so as to shape the sounds of speech

2. the shape or manner in which things come together and a connection is made

3. expressing in coherent verbal form

4. (anatomy) the point of connection between two bones or elements of a skeleton (especially if it allows motion)

5. the act of joining things in such a way that motion is possible

  Familiarity information: ARTICULATION used as a noun is common.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ARTICULATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The aspect of pronunciation that involves bringing articulatory organs together so as to shape the sounds of speech

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("articulation" is a kind of...):

pronunciation (the manner in which someone utters a word)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "articulation"):

aspiration (a manner of articulation involving an audible release of breath)

trill (the articulation of a consonant (especially the consonant 'r') with a rapid flutter of the tongue against the palate or uvula)

thickness (indistinct articulation)

sandhi (the articulatory process whereby the pronunciation of a word or morpheme changes when it is followed immediately by another (especially in fluent speech))

syncopation; syncope ((phonology) the loss of sounds from within a word (as in 'fo'c'sle' for 'forecastle'))

diction; enunciation (the articulation of speech regarded from the point of view of its intelligibility to the audience)

retroflection; retroflexion (an articulatory gesture made by turning the tip of the tongue back against the roof of the mouth)

nasalisation; nasalization (the act of nasalizing; the utterance of sounds modulated by the nasal resonators)

epenthesis (the insertion of a vowel or consonant into a word to make its pronunciation easier)

affrication (the conversion of a simple stop consonant into an affricate)

Derivation:

articulate (speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The shape or manner in which things come together and a connection is made

Classified under:

Nouns denoting two and three dimensional shapes

Synonyms:

articulation; join; joint; junction; juncture

Hypernyms ("articulation" is a kind of...):

connection; connexion; link (a connecting shape)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "articulation"):

esophagogastric junction; oesophagogastric junction (the junction between the esophagus and the stomach epithelium)

Derivation:

articulate (provide with a joint)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Expressing in coherent verbal form

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

articulation; voice

Context example:

I gave voice to my feelings

Hypernyms ("articulation" is a kind of...):

expression; verbal expression; verbalism (the communication (in speech or writing) of your beliefs or opinions)

Derivation:

articulate (express or state clearly)

articulate (speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way)

articulate (put into words or an expression)

Sense 4

Meaning:

(anatomy) the point of connection between two bones or elements of a skeleton (especially if it allows motion)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

articulatio; articulation; joint

Hypernyms ("articulation" is a kind of...):

body part (any part of an organism such as an organ or extremity)

Meronyms (parts of "articulation"):

hip socket (the socket part of the ball-and-socket joint between the head of the femur and the innominate bone)

articular muscle (a muscle that inserts directly onto the capsule of a joint)

Domain category:

anatomy; general anatomy (the branch of morphology that deals with the structure of animals)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "articulation"):

hock; hock-joint (tarsal joint of the hind leg of hoofed mammals; corresponds to the human ankle)

knee; stifle (joint between the femur and tibia in a quadruped; corresponds to the human knee)

elbow (the joint of a mammal or bird that corresponds to the human elbow)

fibrous joint; sutura; suture (an immovable joint (especially between the bones of the skull))

articulatio synovialis; diarthrosis; synovial joint (a joint so articulated as to move freely)

fetlock; fetlock joint (the joint between the cannon bone and the pastern)

Holonyms ("articulation" is a part of...):

articulatory system (the system of joints in the body)

endoskeleton (the internal skeleton; bony and cartilaginous structure (especially of vertebrates))

Derivation:

articular; articulary (relating to or affecting the joints of the body)

articulate (provide with a joint)

Sense 5

Meaning:

The act of joining things in such a way that motion is possible

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("articulation" is a kind of...):

connection; connexion; joining (the act of bringing two things into contact (especially for communication))

Derivation:

articulate (provide with a joint)

 Context examples 

In large animals it is placed over the 6th rib at the level of a horizontal line drawn through the scapulohumeral articulation on the left side of the thorax.

(Lead Site V4, NCI Thesaurus)

A surgical procedure to treat and correct deformities, diseases, and injuries to the skeletal system, its articulations, and associated structures.

(Orthopedic Surgical Procedure, NCI Thesaurus)

A form of articulation admitting considerable motion.

(Diarthrosis, NCI Thesaurus)

A small blood vessel branch arising opposite of the back of the knee joint from the popliteal artery and supplies the ligaments and synovial membrane in the interior of the articulation.

(Azygos Articular Artery, NCI Thesaurus)

There was no unfinished story waiting his hand, no new story demanding articulation.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

Used systemically or topically, natural or synthetic Antirheumatic Preparations relieve and control the symptoms of rheumatic diseases (rheumatoid arthritis) by reducing inflammation and pain, or reinstating mobility and function of articulations.

(Antirheumatic Preparation, NCI Thesaurus)

A form of articulation in which the bones are connected by intervening substance admitting slight motion.

(Amphiarthrosis, NCI Thesaurus)

The academic and clinical training include, but are not limited to, the use of current diagnostic and therapeutic procedures that specifically involve the adjustment and manipulation of the articulations and adjacent tissues of the human body, particularly of the spinal column.

(Doctor of Chiropractic, NCI Thesaurus)

The whole was tied up for the benefit of this child, who, in occasional visits with his father and mother at Norland, had so far gained on the affections of his uncle, by such attractions as are by no means unusual in children of two or three years old; an imperfect articulation, an earnest desire of having his own way, many cunning tricks, and a great deal of noise, as to outweigh all the value of all the attention which, for years, he had received from his niece and her daughters.

(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)