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Literary usage of the term "articulation" spans a wide range of meanings, from the enunciation of speech to the precise joining of physical or abstract components. Authors often employ it to highlight the clarity and distinctness of vocal expression—illustrated by clear, deliberate mannerisms in speaking [1] and the emphasis on distinct enunciation in guidance on proper speech [2]. In other contexts, the term refers to the physical junctions in anatomy, such as the interlocking of skeletal elements [3], [4] or the connection points in biological structures, demonstrating its technical and descriptive versatility. Additionally, articulation is used metaphorically to denote the clear and structured expression of thoughts or ideas, linking intricate portions of narrative or theory into a coherent whole [5].
  1. PRIVATE CARR: (With ferocious articulation.)
    — from Ulysses by James Joyce
  2. Enunciation means the articulation of whatever you have to say distinctly and clearly.
    — from Etiquette by Emily Post
  3. The sacrum is made up of a certain number of vertebræ, which are rigidly united and serve as an articulation for the pelvic arch.
    — from The Farmer's Veterinarian: A Practical Treatise on the Diseases of Farm Stock by Charles William Burkett
  4. The distal end bears two surfaces for articulation with the radius and ulna.
    — from A New Order of Fishlike Amphibia From the Pennsylvanian of Kansas by Peggy Lou Stewart
  5. Knowledge may be so truly enriched by it that knowledge , in an ideal sense, only begins when dialectic has given some articulation to being.
    — from The Life of Reason: The Phases of Human Progress by George Santayana

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