articulation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɑːˌtɪk.jəˈleɪ.ʃən/
ipa: /ɑɹˌtɪk.jəˈleɪ.ʃən/
rhymes: -eɪʃən
Forms: form: articulations
Etymology: From Middle English articulacioun, from Old French articulacion, from Medieval Latin articulatio. Equivalent to articulate + -ion.
Senses: examples: text: The articulation allowed the robot to move around corners.
glosses: A joint or the collection of joints at which something is articulated, or hinged, for bending.
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: A joint or the collection of joints at which something is articulated, or hinged, for bending.
Such a joint in an animalian body, as for example between bones or between exoskeleton segments.
synonyms: joint
arthrosis
examples: text: 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
ref: 2004, R. Meersman, On the move to meaningful internet systems 2004, page 945:
glosses: A manner or method by which elements of a system are connected.
examples: text: His volume is reasonable, but his articulation could use work.
glosses: The quality, clarity, or sharpness of speech; the movement within the mouth that allows for those things.
examples: text: manner of articulation
text: place of articulation
text: point of articulation
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
phonetics
phonology
sciences
glosses: The mechanism by which a sound is formed in the vocal tract.
examples: text: The articulation in this piece is tricky because it alternates between legato and staccato.
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: The manner in which a note is attacked.
examples: text: 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.
ref: 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), page 103
text: 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.
ref: 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, page 169
text: 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.
ref: 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, page 28
topics: accounting
business
finance
glosses: The interrelation and congruence of the flow of data between financial statements of an entity, especially between the income statement and balance sheet.
examples: text: 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.
ref: 1949, Wilfred Mason Landrus, Articulation Between the Elementary and Secondary School Levels, page 47:
text: 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.
ref: 1950, Committee on High School-College Relationships, High School-college Curriculum Articulation in Minnesota, page 18:
topics: education
glosses: The induction of a pupil into a new school or college.
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
diction
elocution