articulation

noun articulations

1. countable, 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.
2. countable, uncountable Such a joint in an animalian body, as for example between bones or between exoskeleton segments.

   Similar: joint, arthrosis

3. countable 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
4. uncountable 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.
5. countable, uncountable The mechanism by which a sound is formed in the vocal tract. manner of articulation
6. uncountable The manner in which a note is attacked. The articulation in this piece is tricky because it alternates between legato and staccato.
7. countable, uncountable The interrelation and congruence of the flow of data between financial statements of an entity, especially between the income statement and balance sheet. 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.
8. countable, uncountable The induction of a pupil into a new school or college. The latter reason ranked first in Item 1 as the reason for liking high school this year, giving emphasis to the fact that differences in the new school level may be either a factor of articulation, depending somewhat on how well informed the student is about his new level.