English Explanatory Dictionary

articulator

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. One who, or that which, articulates or expresses.
  2. One who articulates bones and mounts skeletons.
  3. A mechanical device to which casts of the teeth are fixed, reproducing recorded positions of the mandible in relation to the maxilla.
  4. Any organ in the vocal tract used to articulate, produce speech.

Word forms

articulator articulators

Etymology

From articulate + -or.

Synonyms

speech organ
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