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Webster 1913 Edition
Articulation
Ar-ticˊu-la′tion
,Noun.
[Cf. F.
articulation
, fr. L. articulatio
.] 1.
(Anat.)
A joint or juncture between bones in the skeleton.
☞ Articulations may be immovable, when the bones are directly united (synarthrosis), or slightly movable, when they are united intervening substance (amphiarthrosis), or they may be more or less freely movable, when the articular surfaces are covered with synovial membranes, as in complete joints (diarthrosis). The last (diarthrosis) includes hinge joints, admitting motion in one plane only (ginglymus), ball and socket joints (enarthrosis), pivot and rotation joints, etc.
2.
(Bot.)
(a)
The connection of the parts of a plant by joints, as in pods.
(b)
One of the nodes or joints, as in cane and maize.
(c)
One of the parts intercepted between the joints; also, a subdivision into parts at regular or irregular intervals as a result of serial intermission in growth, as in the cane, grasses, etc.
Lindley.
3.
The act of putting together with a joint or joints; any meeting of parts in a joint.
4.
The state of being jointed; connection of parts.
[R.]
That definiteness and
articulation
of imagery. Coleridge.
5.
The utterance of the elementary sounds of a language by the appropriate movements of the organs, as in pronunciation;
as, a distinct
. articulation
6.
A sound made by the vocal organs; an articulate utterance or an elementary sound, esp. a consonant.
Webster 1828 Edition
Articulation
ARTICULA'TION
,Noun.
1.
In anatomy, the joining or juncture of the bones. This is of three kinds: 1st, diarthrosis, or a movable connection, including enarthrosis, or the ball and socket joint; arthrodia, which is the same, but more superficial; ginglymus, or hinge-like joint; and trochoid, or the wheel and axle: 2d, synarthrosis, immovable connection, as by suture, or junction by serrated margins; harmony, or union by straight margins; and gomphosis, like a nail driven in a board, as the teeth in their sockets: 3d, symphysis, or union by means of another substance; as synchondrosis, union by a cartilage; syssarcosis, union by muscular fibres; synneurosis, union by a tendon; syndesmosis, union by ligaments; and synostosis, union by a bony substance.2.
In botany, the connection of the parts of a plant by joints; also the nodes or joints, as in cane and maize.3.
The forming of words; a distinct utterance of syllables and words by the human voice, by means of closing and opening the organs.4.
A consonant; a letter noting a jointing or closing of the organs.Definition 2024
articulation
articulation
English
Noun
articulation (plural articulations)
- (countable or uncountable) 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.
- (countable) A manner or method by which elements of a system are connected.
- 2004, R. Meersman, On the move to meaningful internet systems 2004, page 945:
- In this paper, we make a step forward, by considering term to query articulations, that is articulations relating queries of one source to terms in another
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- (uncountable) The quality, clarity or sharpness of speech.
- His volume is reasonable, but his articulation could use work.
- (linguistics) The manner in which a phoneme is pronounced.
- (music, uncountable) The manner in which something is articulated (tongued, slurred or bowed).
- The articulation in this piece is tricky because it alternates between legato and staccato.
- (accounting) The interrelation and congruence of the flow of data between financial statements of an entity, especially between the income statement and balance sheet.
- 1991, Stephen P. Taylor, “From Moneyflows Accounts to Flow-of-Funds Accounts”, printed in John C. Dawson (editor), Flow-of-Funds Analysis: A Handbook for Practitioners, M.E. Sharpe (1996), ISBN 978-1-56324-645-6, page 103:
- At the time the outstanding distinction that could be seen between Copeland-Fed on the one hand and Goldsmith-Friend on the other was that the flow-of-funds system explicitly included nonfinancial transactions in the statistical structure in direct articulation with financial flows and stocks.
- 2005, David T. Collins, “Accounting and Financial Reporting Issues”, Chapter 6 of Robert L. Brown and Alan S. Gutterman (editors), Emerging Companies Guide: A Resource for Professionals and Entrepreneurs, American Bar Association, ISBN 978-1-59031-466-1, page 169:
- Particular income statement accounts (revenues and expenses) are linked to particular balance sheet accounts (assets and liabilities); that is, there is articulation between the income statement and the balance sheet.
- 2005, Roger L. Burritt, “Challenges for Environmental Management Accounting”, Chapter 2 of Pall M. Rikhardsson et al. (editors), Implementing Environmental Management Accounting: Status and Challenges, Springer, ISBN 978-1-4020-3371-1, page 28:
- The emphasis on articulated information about environmental liabilities in the management accounts is not stressed. Articulation between stock and flow information in physical environment terms receives less attention.
- 1991, Stephen P. Taylor, “From Moneyflows Accounts to Flow-of-Funds Accounts”, printed in John C. Dawson (editor), Flow-of-Funds Analysis: A Handbook for Practitioners, M.E. Sharpe (1996), ISBN 978-1-56324-645-6, page 103:
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joint or collection of joints
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manner or method by which elements of a system are connected
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clarity of speech
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music: manner of articulation
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French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aʁ.ti.ky.la.sjɔ̃/
Noun
articulation f (plural articulations)
- joint (joint with freedom to rotate)
- articulation (quality, clarity or sharpness of speech)