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Articulation

noun

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

The shape or manner in which things come together and a connection is made. Synonyms: join, joint, junction, juncture.

Expressing in coherent verbal form. Synonym: voice. "I gave voice to my feelings"

(anatomy) the point of connection between two bones or elements of a skeleton (especially if it allows motion). Synonyms: articulatio, joint.

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

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"Articulation" Quotes from Famous Books

... of the rods should be bent or roughened to prevent them slipping out after the plaster has set. A surplus of plaster can be placed around the articulation of the jaws, at the same time holding them in place. These neck rods are to run beside and be fastened to the back-board ...

— Home Taxidermy for Pleasure and Profit • Albert B. Farnham

... very cold, the wind was rising, and the waves of the noble Tagus began to be crested with foam. I told the boy that it was scarcely possible for the boat to carry so much sail without upsetting; upon which he laughed, and began to gabble in a most incoherent manner. He had the most harsh and rapid articulation that has ever come under my observation; it was the scream of the hyena blended with the bark of the terrier; but it was by no means an index of his disposition, which I soon found to be light, merry, and anything but malevolent; for when I, in order ...

— Letters of George Borrow - to the British and Foreign Bible Society • George Borrow

... only sound to reach my ears was the woman's muttered whispering, and as I glanced into her face I perceived that its hitherto high-coloured and rounded contours had fallen in, and turned grey, and that her flushed lips were trembling to such an extent as almost to prevent the articulation of her words. Lastly, her eyes were frozen into an expression ...

— Through Russia • Maxim Gorky

... the honorable gentleman's well known courtesy," replied Ardan. Then changing his manner and imitating to the life Barbican's voice, articulation, and gestures, he continued: "Whereas, you see, my dear Captain, the period at which the Moon's visible side receives at once its light and heat, is exactly the period of her opposition, that is to say, when she is ...

— All Around the Moon • Jules Verne

... actor, who is of a very delicate constitution, has never had what we call great powers on the stage; and a complaint in his tongue has occasioned a great difficulty in his articulation. Without having a noble air, he has something distinguishing in his manner. His delivery is correct; but the defect of which I have spoken has rendered him disagreeable to the public, who manifest it to him rather rudely, though he has sometimes ...

— Paris As It Was and As It Is • Francis W. Blagdon

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