articulation

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1, The navicular bone; 2, the plantar cushion; 3, the os pedis; 4, the perforans tendon A partial dislocation of this articulation is the condition met with in 'Buttress Foot.'

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  1. noun The act of vocal expression; utterance or enunciation: an articulation of the group's sentiments.
  2. noun The act or manner of producing a speech sound.
  3. noun A speech sound, especially a consonant.
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  • Just from looking at it, the thing can't have very much articulation which is what hasbro used as justification for making a 2nd line of constructicons to form Devastator. —  Transformers News
  • Each allows me a different kind of articulation, a different kind of vision. —  Poetry Blog of 32 Poems Magazine
  • But forget the articulation, the name, the color scheme. —  Transformers News
  • Christian culture is formed the way that all human culture is formed: it is the articulation, the expression of an experience. —  la nouvelle théologie
  • Point #2: The inherent racism of your statement to black students to pay attention to Mr. Obama's articulation is at the core of the hatred in this country. —  The Young Turks
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  1. from Latin articulatio(n-), a putting forth of new joints, as a vine, a disease of the vine at the joints, literally a jointing, from articulare, joint, articulate: see articulate.
 

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