‖n. pl. [ Neut. pl. from L. articulatus furnished with joints, distinct, p. p. of articulare. See Article, v. ] (Zool.) 1. One of the four subkingdoms in the classification of Cuvier. It has been much modified by later writers. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ It includes those Invertebrata having the body composed of a series of ringlike segments (arthromeres). By some writers, the unsegmented worms (helminths) have also been included; by others it is restricted to the Arthropoda. It corresponds nearly with the Annulosa of some authors. The chief subdivisions are Arthropoda (Insects, Myriapoda, Malacopoda, Arachnida, Pycnogonida, Crustacea); and Anarthropoda, including the Annelida and allied forms. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One of the subdivisions of the Brachiopoda, including those that have the shells united by a hinge. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A subdivision of the Crinoidea. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. articulatus. See Articulata. ] 1. Expressed in articles or in separate items or particulars. [ Archaic ] Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Jointed; formed with joints; consisting of segments united by joints; as, articulate animals or plants. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Distinctly uttered; spoken so as to be intelligible; characterized by division into words and syllables; as, articulate speech, sounds, words. [ 1913 Webster ]

Total changes of party and articulate opinion. Carlyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. 1. To joint; to unite by means of a joint; to put together with joints or at the joints. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To draw up or write in separate articles; to particularize; to specify. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To form, as the elementary sounds; to utter in distinct syllables or words; to enunciate; as, to articulate letters or language. “To articulate a word.” Ray. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To express distinctly; to give utterance to. [ 1913 Webster ]

Luther articulated himself upon a process that hand already begun in the Christian church. Bibliotheca Sacra. [ 1913 Webster ]

To . . . articulate the dumb, deep want of the people. Carlyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) An animal of the subkingdom Articulata. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Articulated p. pr. & vb. n. Articulating . 1. To utter articulate sounds; to utter the elementary sounds of a language; to enunciate; to speak distinctly. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To treat or make terms. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To join or be connected by articulation. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. United by, or provided with, articulations; jointed; as, an articulated skeleton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Produced, as a letter, syllable, or word, by the organs of speech; pronounced. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. 1. After the manner, or in the form, of a joint. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Article by article; in distinct particulars; in detail; definitely. Paley. [ 1913 Webster ]

I had articulately set down in writing our points. Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. With distinct utterance of the separate sounds. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Quality of being articulate. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Latin. ] (anatomy) the point of connection between two bones or elements of a skeleton especially if the articulatio allows motion.
Syn. -- joint, articulation. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Cf. F. articulation, fr. L. articulatio. ] 1. (Anat.) A joint or juncture between bones in the skeleton. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Articulations may be immovable, when the bones are directly united (synarthrosis), or slightly movable, when they are united intervening substance (amphiarthrosis), or they may be more or less freely movable, when the articular surfaces are covered with synovial membranes, as in complete joints (diarthrosis). The last (diarthrosis) includes hinge joints, admitting motion in one plane only (ginglymus), ball and socket joints (enarthrosis), pivot and rotation joints, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Bot.) (a) The connection of the parts of a plant by joints, as in pods. (b) One of the nodes or joints, as in cane and maize. (c) 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. Lindley. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The act of putting together with a joint or joints; any meeting of parts in a joint. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. The state of being jointed; connection of parts. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

That definiteness and articulation of imagery. Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. The utterance of the elementary sounds of a language by the appropriate movements of the organs, as in pronunciation; as, a distinct articulation. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. A sound made by the vocal organs; an articulate utterance or an elementary sound, esp. a consonant. [ 1913 Webster ]