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▪ I. articulating, vbl. n.|ɑːˈtɪkjʊleɪtɪŋ|
[f. articulate v. + -ing1.]
1. The action of jointing or joining together.
1865Dickens Mut. Fr. i. vii, You've no idea how small you'd come out, if I had the articulating of you.
2. Distinct sounding or utterance.
1609Douland Ornithop. Microl. 2 Those Instruments which are commanded, either with the touching of the fingers, or articulating of the Keyes. Ibid. 89 No expressing of words, no articulating of syllables.
†3. The making of stipulations; stipulating. Obs.
1649Selden Laws of Eng. ii. vi. (1739) 38 The Clergy took this Articulating of the Commons in snuff.
▪ II. arˈticulating, ppl. a.
[f. as prec. + -ing2.]
That articulates; that forms a joint with something.
1808Brodie in Phil. Trans. XCVIII. 306 Half of the articulating surface for receiving the tarsus. 1835Southw. Smith Philos. Health I. v. 212 Strong projections of bone, termed articulating processes. |