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Webster 1913 Edition
Articulation
Ar-ticˊu-la′tion
,Noun.
[Cf. F.
articulation
, fr. L. articulatio
.] 1.
(Anat.)
A joint or juncture between bones in the skeleton.
☞ Articulations may be immovable, when the bones are directly united (synarthrosis), or slightly movable, when they are united intervening substance (amphiarthrosis), or they may be more or less freely movable, when the articular surfaces are covered with synovial membranes, as in complete joints (diarthrosis). The last (diarthrosis) includes hinge joints, admitting motion in one plane only (ginglymus), ball and socket joints (enarthrosis), pivot and rotation joints, etc.
2.
(Bot.)
(a)
The connection of the parts of a plant by joints, as in pods.
(b)
One of the nodes or joints, as in cane and maize.
(c)
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.
Lindley.
3.
The act of putting together with a joint or joints; any meeting of parts in a joint.
4.
The state of being jointed; connection of parts.
[R.]
That definiteness and
articulation
of imagery. Coleridge.
5.
The utterance of the elementary sounds of a language by the appropriate movements of the organs, as in pronunciation;
as, a distinct
. articulation
6.
A sound made by the vocal organs; an articulate utterance or an elementary sound, esp. a consonant.
Webster 1828 Edition
Articulation
ARTICULA'TION
,Noun.
1.
In anatomy, the joining or juncture of the bones. This is of three kinds: 1st, diarthrosis, or a movable connection, including enarthrosis, or the ball and socket joint; arthrodia, which is the same, but more superficial; ginglymus, or hinge-like joint; and trochoid, or the wheel and axle: 2d, synarthrosis, immovable connection, as by suture, or junction by serrated margins; harmony, or union by straight margins; and gomphosis, like a nail driven in a board, as the teeth in their sockets: 3d, symphysis, or union by means of another substance; as synchondrosis, union by a cartilage; syssarcosis, union by muscular fibres; synneurosis, union by a tendon; syndesmosis, union by ligaments; and synostosis, union by a bony substance.2.
In botany, the connection of the parts of a plant by joints; also the nodes or joints, as in cane and maize.3.
The forming of words; a distinct utterance of syllables and words by the human voice, by means of closing and opening the organs.4.
A consonant; a letter noting a jointing or closing of the organs.