articulation

noun
/ɑːˌtɪk.jʊˈleɪ.ʃən/UK/ɑɹˌtɪk.jəˈleɪ.ʃən/US/ˌa(r).ʈɪ.k(j)ʊˌle.ʃən/

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂r-tú-s Proto-Italic *artus Latin artus Proto-Italic *-kelos Latin -culus ▲ Ancient Greek ἄρθρον (árthron)sl. Latin articulus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin articulō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Medieval Latin articulātiōder. Old French articulacionbor. Middle English articulacioun English articulation From Middle English articulacioun, from Old French articulacion, from Medieval Latin articulatio. Equivalent to articulate + -ion.

  1. derived from articulatio
  2. derived from articulacion
  3. inherited from articulacioun

Definitions

  1. A joint or the collection of joints at which something is articulated, or hinged, for…

    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. A manner or method by which elements of a system are connected.

    • 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
  3. The quality, clarity, or sharpness of speech

    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.
    • Take Jools Lebron, whose viral craze over her articulation of “very demure” made its way throughout the pop culture lexicon like wildfire.
  4. + 4 more definitions
    1. The mechanism by which a sound is formed in the vocal tract.

      • manner of articulation
      • place of articulation
      • point of articulation
    2. The manner in which a note is attacked.

      • The articulation in this piece is tricky because it alternates between legato and staccato.
    3. The interrelation and congruence of the flow of data between financial statements of an…

      The interrelation and congruence of the flow of data between financial statements of an entity, especially between the income statement and balance sheet.

      • 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.
      • 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.
    4. The induction of a pupil into a new school or college.

      • A survey of college provisions for high school-college articulation cannot alone serve to describe the total effort that is being made or should be made in this direction.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at articulation. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at articulation. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at articulation

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA