articulation (noun)
21double consonant — noun 1. : a consonant letter occurring twice in succession in a word (as nn in tunnel) 2. a. : an acoustic impression apprehended or functioning as two consonants, produced by prolonging an articulation (as of s in bus seat), by repeating an… …
22hip joint — noun the ball and socket joint between the head of the femur and the acetabulum • Syn: ↑hip, ↑coxa, ↑articulatio coxae • Hypernyms: ↑ball and socket joint, ↑spheroid joint, ↑cotyloid joint, ↑enarthrodial joint, ↑ …
23pivot joint — noun a freely moving joint in which movement is limited to rotation the articulation of the radius and ulna in the arm is a pivot joint • Syn: ↑rotary joint, ↑rotatory joint, ↑articulatio trochoidea • Hypernyms: ↑synovial joint, ↑articulatio sy …
24suction stop — noun a stop consonant made by the suction of air into the mouth (as in Bantu) • Syn: ↑click • Derivationally related forms: ↑click (for: ↑click) • Hypernyms: ↑stop …
25arthrosis — noun (plural arthroses) Etymology: New Latin, from Greek arthrōsis jointing, articulation, from arthroun to articulate, from arthron Date: 1634 1. an articulation between bones 2. a degenerative disease of a joint …
26suction stop — noun Date: 1887 a voice stop in the formation of which air behind the articulation is rarefied with consequent inrush of air when articulation is broken …
27symphysis — noun (plural symphyses) Etymology: New Latin, from Greek, state of growing together, from symphyesthai to grow together, from syn + phyein to make grow, bring forth more at be Date: circa 1578 1. an immovable or more or less movable articulation… …
28coarticulation — noun a) The formation of a joint by the articulation of two bones b) An assimilation of the place of articulation of one speech sound to that of an adjacent speech sound. See Also: coarticulate, coarticulator …
29down tack — noun The diacritic of primary articulation: < ˕ >, used to denote a lowered phone; for vowels, the diacritic denotes a slightly more open utterance; for consonants, it moves the point of articulation one step forward in this chain: nasal… …
30suction stop — noun A voice stop in the formation of which air behind the articulation is rarefied with consequent inrush of air when articulation is broken …
