Articulated
[ɑː'tɪkjʊleɪtɪd] or [ɑr'tɪkjuletɪd]
Definition
(imp. & p. p.) of Articulate
(a.) United by, or provided with, articulations; jointed; as, an articulated skeleton.
(a.) Produced, as a letter, syllable, or word, by the organs of speech; pronounced.
Typist: Nelly
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Jointed, articulate.
Checker: Olga
Examples
- In the sea-urchins the steps can be followed by which a fixed spine becomes articulated to the shell, and is thus rendered movable. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- The students were shouting half-articulated words that tailed off in helpless explosions. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- The articulated portion consists of about fifty turning joints, fitted with leather packing, which swells and has an increased effectiveness under increased water pressure. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- This was accomplished by making a chain of articulated cards, like a slatted belt, and perforating these cards with varying arrangements of holes. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Articulated English baby. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Mrs. Crupp was taken with a troublesome cough, in the midst of which she articulated with much difficulty. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- The lower view shows a Mallet Articulated Type freight locomotive, one of the largest ever built. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- There was an universal murmur to the same effect, though no man articulated a word. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
Checker: Olga