articulation
English
WOTD – 31 August 2009
Etymology
From Old French articulacion, from Medieval Latin articulatio.
Pronunciation
Noun
articulation (countable and uncountable, plural articulations)
- (countable or uncountable) 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.
- (countable) A manner or method by which elements of a system are connected.
- 2004, R. Meersman, On the move to meaningful internet systems 2004, page 945:
- 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
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- (uncountable) The quality, clarity or sharpness of speech.
- His volume is reasonable, but his articulation could use work.
- (linguistics) The manner in which a phoneme is pronounced.
- (music, uncountable) The manner in which something is articulated (tongued, slurred or bowed).
- The articulation in this piece is tricky because it alternates between legato and staccato.
- (accounting) The interrelation and congruence of the flow of data between financial statements of an entity, especially between the income statement and balance sheet.
- 1991, Stephen P. Taylor, “From Moneyflows Accounts to Flow-of-Funds Accounts”, printed in John C. Dawson (editor), Flow-of-Funds Analysis: A Handbook for Practitioners, M.E. Sharpe (1996), →ISBN, page 103:
- At the time the outstanding distinction that could be seen between Copeland-Fed on the one hand and Goldsmith-Friend on the other was that the flow-of-funds system explicitly included nonfinancial transactions in the statistical structure in direct articulation with financial flows and stocks.
- 2005, David T. Collins, “Accounting and Financial Reporting Issues”, Chapter 6 of Robert L. Brown and Alan S. Gutterman (editors), Emerging Companies Guide: A Resource for Professionals and Entrepreneurs, American Bar Association, →ISBN, page 169:
- Particular income statement accounts (revenues and expenses) are linked to particular balance sheet accounts (assets and liabilities); that is, there is articulation between the income statement and the balance sheet.
- 2005, Roger L. Burritt, “Challenges for Environmental Management Accounting”, Chapter 2 of Pall M. Rikhardsson et al. (editors), Implementing Environmental Management Accounting: Status and Challenges, Springer, →ISBN, page 28:
- The emphasis on articulated information about environmental liabilities in the management accounts is not stressed. Articulation between stock and flow information in physical environment terms receives less attention.
- 1991, Stephen P. Taylor, “From Moneyflows Accounts to Flow-of-Funds Accounts”, printed in John C. Dawson (editor), Flow-of-Funds Analysis: A Handbook for Practitioners, M.E. Sharpe (1996), →ISBN, page 103:
Derived terms
Derived terms
- hyperarticulation
- inarticulation
- interarticulation
Related terms
Translations
joint or collection of joints
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manner or method by which elements of a system are connected
clarity of speech
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music: manner of articulation
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accounting: interrelation of financial statements
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin articulātiō. Synchronically analysable as articuler + -ation.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aʁ.ti.ky.la.sjɔ̃/
articulation (file)
Noun
articulation f (plural articulations)
- (anatomy) joint (joint with freedom to rotate)
- articulation (quality, clarity or sharpness of speech)
Further reading
- “articulation” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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