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Definition of articulation : 1. A joint or juncture between bones in the skeleton.
2. A sound made by the vocal organs; an articulate utterance or an elementary sound, esp. a consonant.
3. One of the nodes or joints, as in cane and maize.
4. 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.
5. The act of putting together with a joint or joints; any meeting of parts in a joint.
6. The connection of the parts of a plant by joints, as in pods.
7. The state of being jointed; connection of parts.
8. The utterance of the elementary sounds of a language by the appropriate movements of the organs, as in pronunciation; as, a distinct articulation.

Synonyms:

vocalisation, spokesperson, adjunction, conjugation, part, critical point, statement, interaction, roll/trip/slip off the tongue, sum, spliff, crossroads, correspondence, conjunction, self-expression, enunciate, expression, coupling, joint, transmission, unification, vox, wording, chronology, vocalization, juncture, liaison, cross-fertilization, join, roast, occasion, articulate, formulation, check, communication, column, marijuana cigarette, articulatio, array, arabesque, verbalization, representative, intone, colligation, stutter, phonation, stammer, connection, stick, verbalism, coloration, argyle, contact, arrangement, words, phrasing, configuration, reefer, voicing, discourse, pronounce, union, vocalism, interpreter, junction

intelligibility, eloquence, lucidity, succinctness, directness, enunciation, diction, clarity

intonation, voice, cry, moan, murmur, exclamation, whisper, groan, utterance, pronunciation, speech, emission

Usage examples:

• Apart from this, the ankle is usually sprained in fractures by indirect violence, and we have frequently found the superior tibio- fibular articulation torn open in severe fractures of both bones of the leg from indirect violence. - "Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities--Head--Neck. Sixth Edition.", Alexander Miles Alexis Thomson.
• A syllable is such a word, or part of a word, as is uttered by one articulation. - "The Grammar of English Grammars", Goold Brown.
• The child, for instance, makes no attempt at articulation until it has acquired several teeth; this faculty becomes also exceedingly imperfect during the process of changing them; from this time it continues to improve, until again it is permanently impaired in old age, when they are finally lost. - "The Maternal Management of Children, in Health and Disease.", Thomas Bull, M.D..