That definiteness and articulation of imagery.
Coleridge.
5. The utterance of the elementary sounds of a language by the appropriate movements of the organs, as in pronunciation; as, a distinct articulation.
6. A sound made by the vocal organs; an articulate utterance or an elementary sound, esp. a consonant.
Ar*tic"u*la*tive (&?;), a. Of or pertaining to articulation. Bush.
Ar*tic"u*la`tor (&?;), n. One who, or that which, articulates; as: (a) One who enunciates distinctly. (b) One who prepares and mounts skeletons. (c) An instrument to cure stammering.
||Ar*tic"u*lus (&?;) n.; pl. Articuli (&?;). [L. See Article.] (Zoöl.) A joint of the cirri of the Crinoidea; a joint or segment of an arthropod appendage.
Ar"ti*fice (&?;), n. [L. artificium, fr. artifex artificer; ars, artis, art + facere to make: cf. F. artifice.] 1. A handicraft; a trade; art of making. [Obs.]