articulation

noun8

1. •
   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.
2. •
   The quality, clarity, or sharpness of speech; the movement within the mouth that allows for those things.

   • His volume is reasonable, but his articulation could use work.
3. •
   The mechanism by which a sound is formed in the vocal tract.
4. •
   Such a joint in an animalian body, as for example between bones or between exoskeleton segments.
5. •
   A manner or method by which elements of a system are connected.

   • 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 — 2004
6. •
   The manner in which a note is attacked.

   • The articulation in this piece is tricky because it alternates between legato and staccato.
7. •
   The induction of a pupil into a new school or college.

   • 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. — 1950
8. •
   The interrelation and congruence of the flow of data between financial statements of an entity, especially between the income statement and balance sheet.