articulator

== English == === Etymology === From articulate +‎ -or. === Noun === articulator (plural articulators) One who, or that which, articulates or expresses. One who articulates bones and mounts skeletons. (dentistry) A mechanical device to which casts of the teeth are fixed, reproducing recorded positions of the mandible in relation to the maxilla. (phonetics) Any organ in the vocal tract used to articulate, produce speech. Synonym: speech organ ==== Translations ==== === References === “articulator”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022. “articulator”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. == Latin == === Verb === articulātor second/third-person singular future passive imperative of articulō === References === "articulator", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)