Definition of: articulation

(är·tik′yə·lā′shən) noun
1. A jointing or being jointed together; also the manner or method of this.
2. A joint between two bones.
3. Anat. The union forming a joint, as of bones.
4. The utterance of articulate sounds; enunciation.
5. A speech sound, especially a consonant.
6. Phonet. The movements of the organs of speech in producing an articulate sound.
7. Bot. a A joint between two separable parts, as a leaf and a stem. b A node or the space between two nodes.
—ar·tic·u· la·to·ry (är·tik′yə·lə·tôr′ē, -tō′rē) adjective