Thesaurus: articulation

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1. n. A joint or juncture between bones in the skeleton.
2. n. The connection of the parts of a plant by joints, as in pods.
3. n. One of the nodes or joints, as in cane and maize.
4. n. 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.
5. n. The act of putting together with a joint or joints; any meeting of parts in a joint.
6. n. The state of being jointed; connection of parts.
7. n. The utterance of the elementary sounds of a language by the appropriate movements of the organs, as in pronunciation; as, a distinct articulation.
8. n. A sound made by the vocal organs; an articulate utterance or an elementary sound, esp. a consonant.
9. n. the aspect of pronunciation that involves bringing articulatory organs together so as to shape the sounds of speech
10. n. the shape or manner in which things come together and a connection is made
11. n. expressing in coherent verbal form
12. n. (anatomy) the point of connection between two bones or elements of a skeleton (especially if it allows motion)