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Definition

Articulation, also called an articulatory gesture, is the motion or positioning of some part of the vocal tract (often, but not always, a muscular part like the tongue and.or lips) with respect to some other part of the vocal tract in the production of a speech sound.

Source: Language Files, eleventh edition, edited by Vedrana Mihalicek and Christin Wilson