Articulator

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    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."

  2. 2
    a movable speech organ wordnet
  3. 3
    One who articulates bones and mounts skeletons.
  4. 4
    someone who pronounces words wordnet
  5. 5
    A mechanical device to which casts of the teeth are fixed, reproducing recorded positions of the mandible in relation to the maxilla.
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  1. 6
    Any organ in the vocal tract used to articulate, produce speech.

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speech organ

Example

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"The human vocal instrument has the three elements common to all musical instruments,—a motor, a vibrator, and a resonator; to which is added—what all other instruments lack—an articulator."

Etymology

From articulate + -or.

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