articulator

Meaning

  1. One who, or that which, articulates or expresses.
  2. One who articulates bones and mounts skeletons.
  3. A mechanical device to which casts of the teeth are fixed, reproducing recorded positions of the mandible in relation to the maxilla.
  4. Any organ in the vocal tract used to articulate, produce speech.

Synonyms

unitor

connecting box

dental articulator

occluding frame

Translations

عُضْو ناطِق

Artikulator

αρθρωτής

articulateur

articolatore dentale

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Etymology

From articulate + -or.

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