Articulation
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Articulation may refer to:

In linguistics:
  • Topic–focus articulation, a field of study concerned with marking old and new information in a clause
  • Manner of articulation
    Manner of articulation
    In linguistics, manner of articulation describes how the tongue, lips, jaw, and other speech organs are involved in making a sound. Often the concept is only used for the production of consonants, even though the movement of the articulars will also greatly alter the resonant properties of the...

    , how speech organs involved in making a sound make contact
    • Place of articulation
      Place of articulation
      In articulatory phonetics, the place of articulation of a consonant is the point of contact where an obstruction occurs in the vocal tract between an articulatory gesture, an active articulator , and a passive location...

  • The elaboration of articulate, sharp, clear speech or literary composition


In engineering:
  • Articulated vehicles, which have a pivoted joint allowing them to turn more sharply
  • Articulation score
    Articulation score
    In telecommunication, an articulation score is a subjective measure of the intelligibility of a voice system in terms of the percentage of words correctly understood over a channel perturbed by interference....

    , in telecommunications, a subjective measure of the intelligibility of a voice system
  • Axle articulation, a vehicle's ability to flex its suspension, measured by ramp travel index
    Ramp travel index
    Ramp travel index or RTI, is a way of measuring a vehicle's ability to flex its suspension, a property also known as axle articulation. The RTI rating is used mainly in the off-roading industry to test and describe chassis limits of modified vehicles....



Other uses:
  • Articulation (music)
    Articulation (music)
    In music, articulation refers to the musical direction performance technique which affects the transition or continuity on a single note or between multiple notes or sounds.- Types of articulations :...

    , the transition or continuity between multiple notes or sounds
  • Articulation (education)
    Articulation (education)
    In Australia and United States education, articulation or more specifically course articulation, refers to the process of comparing the content of courses that are transferred between postsecondary institutions such as TAFE institutes, colleges or universities...

    , the process of comparing the content of courses that are transferred between postsecondary institutions
  • Articulation (sociology)
    Articulation (sociology)
    In sociology, articulation labels the process by which particular classes appropriate cultural forms and practices for their own use. The term appears to have originated from the work of Antonio Gramsci, specifically from his conception of superstructure...

    , the process by which particular classes appropriate cultural forms and practices for their own use
  • Articulation (anatomy), the location at which two or more bones make contact
  • Articulation (architecture)
    Articulation (architecture)
    Articulation, in art and architecture, is a method of styling the joints in the formal elements of architectural design. Through degrees of articulation, each part is united with the whole work by means of a joint in such a way that the joined parts are put together in styles ranging from...

  • Articulation (botany), a joint between two separable parts, as a leaf and a stem.
  • Articulation point, in graph theory
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