English English Dictionary

A joint or juncture between bones in the skeleton.

The connection of the parts of a plant by joints, as in pods.

One of the nodes or joints, as in cane and maize.

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.

The act of putting together with a joint or joints; any meeting of parts in a joint.

The state of being jointed; connection of parts.

The utterance of the elementary sounds of a language by the appropriate movements of the organs, as in pronunciation; as, a distinct articulation.

A sound made by the vocal organs; an articulate utterance or an elementary sound, esp. a consonant.