Meanings
nounarticulator (plural articulators)
plural articulators
- One who, or that which, articulates or expresses.
He’s got a point; the same qualities that make Exxon Mobil the world’s best producer of oil and gas also cause it to be a terrible articulator of its own message.
2008 May 31, Joe Nocera, “At Exxon’s Can’t-Miss Meeting”, in New York Times - One who articulates bones and mounts skeletons.
- dentistryA mechanical device to which casts of the teeth are fixed, reproducing recorded positions of the mandible in relation to the maxilla.
- human sciencesAny organ in the vocal tract used to articulate, produce speech.
Synonyms: speech organ
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAny organ in the vocal tract used to articulate, produce speech.
Similar
speech organ
Origin
Translations
Finnish esittäjä, artikulaattori
- esittäjäone who, or that which, articulates or expresses
- artikulaattoridentistry: mechanical device to which casts of the teeth are fixed
- puhe-elinphonetics: any organ in the vocal tract used to produce speech
Polish artykulator
- artykulatorphonetics: any organ in the vocal tract used to produce speech
Portuguese articulador
- articuladorone who, or that which, articulates or expresses
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Chicago
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