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articulated, ppl. a.|ɑːˈtɪkjʊleɪtɪd|
[f. prec. + -ed.]
1. pple. Jointed; connected by a joint. Also fig.
1616[See articulate v. 1.] 1666J. Smith Old Age 59 (T.) The scapula..is articulated to the humerus. 1802Paley Nat. Theol. viii. (1827) 458 A ridged bone, articulated at both ends to rigid bases. 1857Henfrey Elem. Bot. §197 The base of the filament..is usually articulated to the receptacle. 1870Rolleston Anim. Life 1 An ossicle articulated to its apex. 1886A. Weir Hist. Basis Mod. Europe iii. 122 The pettifogging lawyers who swarmed around the minutely articulated social structure.
2. a. Jointed, having segments united by joints; sensibly jointed; marked with apparent joints.
1644Bulwer Chirol. 157 The articulated Fingers. 1706Art of Paint. (1744) 201 The hands and feet rather plump than sensibly articulated. 1747Gould Eng. Ants 5 The Antennæ of Ants are what Virtuosi call articulated. 1815Bakewell Introd. Geol. 132 The columns at Fairhead are not articulated like those at the Giant's Causeway. 1851Gentl. Mag. CXXII. i. 128 We next arrive at articulated figures. The Statue of Jupiter Ammon nodded. 1950Gloss. Aeronaut. Terms (B.S.I.) i. 44 Articulated blade, a blade connected to the rotor head by one or more hinges or pivots. 1958Daily Mail 19 Aug. 4/8 It should be fairly easy to devise some sort of articulated joint [in the steering column of a car] which would cause the column to fold up in a crash.
b. Of a road vehicle: consisting of elements joined in a flexible arrangement, as articulated lorry. Abbrev. artic (slang). Also, of a locomotive, train, bus, etc., one fitted with a bogie or bogies, or other mechanical device making for flexibility.
1923Sci. Amer. Jan. 12/3 Attention has been drawn to the articulated train, in which the abutting ends of the passenger cars are carried upon a common truck. 1930Engineering 30 May 715/3 (heading) Articulated Steam Rail Coaches for the Egyptian State Railways. 1932Statutory Rules & Orders 1931 1158 ‘Articulated vehicle’ means a heavy motor car..with a trailer drawn thereby. 1936Discovery Nov. 356/2 High-speed articulated trains of three coaches. 1951Landfall V. 106 Running those two big artics and that big car. 1958Times 12 Apr. 7/6 Joe had a brand-new articulated truck, or artic (where the driving cab is separately joined to the lorry).
3. spec. in Zool. Formed like the Articulata.
1836Todd Cycl. Anat. & Phys. I. 750/1 The body of these animals [the Crustacea] is articulated. 1860Samuelson Honey Bee ii. 11 An articulated animal; that is an animal..composed of a number of articulations or rings.
4. Made into articulate sound; = articulate 6, 7.
a1704Locke (J.) They would..not deceive themselves with a little articulated air. a1711Ken Psyche Poet. Wks. 1721 IV. 172 To speak..My sorrow in articulated Tear. 1824Coleridge Aids Refl. (1848) I. 327 The same words may be repeated; but in each second of time the articulated air hath passed away. 1853Robertson Serm. Ser. iv. iii. (1876) 25 Speak, if your heart prompts, in articulated words. 1867O. W. Holmes Guard. Angel xii. 205 Which had hardly risen into the region of inwardly articulated thought.
5. Made distinct.
1855G. Brimley Ess. 23 Its luxuriant pictorial richness..more articulated by fine drawing.
6. Formulated, set forth in, or reduced to articles.
1553–87Foxe A. & M. II. 534 Every point and circumstance articulated against them. 1591Horsey Trav. (1857) 208 To declare and deliver [them] to his nunciat..articulated in the cittie of Musko. 1848Hampden Bampton Lect. 100 A minutely articulated system of Theology. 1880E. White Cert. Relig. 23 They know nothing of an articulated creed which may be blindly assented to by young and old. |
