# articulation
## English
### Etymology

From Middle English articulacioun, from Old French articulacion, from Medieval Latin articulatio. Equivalent to articulate +‎ -ion.

### Pronunciation

* (UK) IPA: /ɑːˌtɪk.jəˈleɪ.ʃən/
* (US) IPA: /ɑɹˌtɪk.jəˈleɪ.ʃən/
* Audio (US):(file)
* Audio (General Australian):(file)
* Rhymes: -eɪʃən

### Noun

articulation (countable and uncountable, plural articulations)
* (countable or 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.
* (countable) A manner or method by which elements of a system are connected.
** 2004, R. Meersman, On the move to meaningful internet systems 2004, page 945: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
* (uncountable) The quality, clarity or sharpness of speech.
    His volume is reasonable, but his articulation could use work.
* (phonetics) The mechanism by which a sound is formed in the vocal tract.
    manner of articulation
    place of articulation
    point of articulation
* (music, uncountable) The manner in which a note is attacked.
    The articulation in this piece is tricky because it alternates between legato and staccato.
* (accounting) The interrelation and congruence of the flow of data between financial statements of an entity, especially between the income statement and balance sheet.
** 1991, Stephen P. Taylor, “From Moneyflows Accounts to Flow-of-Funds Accounts”, printed in John C. Dawson (editor), Flow-of-Funds Analysis: A Handbook for Practitioners, M.E. Sharpe (1996), →ISBN, page 103:
    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.
** 2005, David T. Collins, “Accounting and Financial Reporting Issues”, Chapter 6 of Robert L. Brown and Alan S. Gutterman (editors), Emerging Companies Guide: A Resource for Professionals and Entrepreneurs, American Bar Association, →ISBN, page 169:
    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.
** 2005, Roger L. Burritt, “Challenges for Environmental Management Accounting”, Chapter 2 of Pall M. Rikhardsson et al. (editors), Implementing Environmental Management Accounting: Status and Challenges, Springer, →ISBN, page 28:
    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.
* (education) The induction of a pupil into a new school or college.
** 1949, Wilfred Mason Landrus, Articulation Between the Elementary and Secondary School Levels, page 47: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.
** 1950, Committee on High School-College Relationships, High School-college Curriculum Articulation in Minnesota, page 18: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.

#### Derived terms

* abarticulation
* articulational
* articulationism
* articulationist
* articulation point
* coarticulation
* disarticulation
* double articulation
* exarticulation
* hyperarticulation
* hypoarticulation
* inarticulation
* interarticulation
* misarticulation
* overarticulation
* pseudoarticulation
* rearticulation
* underarticulation

#### Related terms

* articulate
* articulatory

#### Translations
## French
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin articulātiō. By surface analysis, articuler +‎ -ation.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /aʁ.ti.ky.la.sjɔ̃/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

articulation f (plural articulations)
* (anatomy) joint (joint with freedom to rotate)
* articulation (quality, clarity or sharpness of speech)
* (phonetics) articulation (emission of a sound)
    mode d’articulation ― manner of articulation
    point d’articulation ― place of articulation
* (music) articulation (manner in which a note or a group of notes is played)

#### Related terms

* articulatoire

#### Descendants

* → Turkish: artikülasyon

### Further reading

* “articulation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.