ar·tic·u·la·tion (är-tĭk'yə-lā'shən)
n.

1. The act of vocal expression; utterance or enunciation: an articulation of the group's sentiments.
2. 1. The act or manner of producing a speech sound.
   2. A speech sound, especially a consonant.
3. 1. A jointing together or being jointed together.
   2. The method or manner of jointing.
4. Anatomy.
   1. A fixed or movable joint between bones.
   2. A movable joint between inflexible parts of the body of an animal, as the divisions of an appendage in arthropods.
5. Botany.
   1. A joint between two separable parts, as a leaf and a stem.
   2. A node or a space on a stem between two nodes.

articulatory ar·tic'u·la·to'ry (-lə-tôr'ē, -tōr'ē) or ar·tic'u·la'tive (-lā'tĭv, -lə-tĭv) adj.

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