Articulation

Last updated June 22, 2025

Articulation may refer to:

Linguistics

Articulatory phonetics, the study of how humans produce speech sounds via the interaction of physiological structures
- Manner of articulation, how speech organs involved in making a sound make contact
- Place of articulation, positions of speech organs to create distinctive speech sounds
Articulatory gestures, the actions necessary to enunciate language
Articulatory phonology, a theory that attempts to unify phonetics and phonology
Articulatory speech recognition, the recovery of speech from acoustic signals
Articulatory synthesis, computational techniques for synthesizing speech based on models of human articulation processes
Topic–focus articulation, a field of study concerned with marking old and new information in a clause

Articulated vehicle, which have a pivoted joint allowing them to turn more sharply
Articulation score, 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

Articulation (anatomy), the location at which two or more bones make contact
Articulation (architecture), in art and architecture, is a method of styling the joints in the formal elements of architectural design
Articulation (botany), a joint between two separable parts, as a leaf and a stem; see Glossary of botanical terms
Articulation (dentistry), the contact relationship of the occlusal surfaces of the upper and lower teeth when moving into and away from centric occlusion
Articulation (education), the process of comparing the content of courses that are transferred between K - 12 as well as postsecondary institutions
Articulation (music), the transition or continuity between multiple notes or sounds
Articulation (sociology), the process by which particular classes appropriate cultural forms and practices for their own use
Articulation point, in graph theory, shared vertices of a biconnected component
Articulatory suppression, a process of inhibiting memory by requiring an individual to repeat an irrelevant speech sound
Articulatory technique, a type of Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment
Articulation (painting), a painting by Euan Uglow