articulated

Thân thiện

The toy robot has articulated arms and legs.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Consisting of segments held together by joints: Describes an object, structure, or vehicle that is made of distinct, rigid sections connected by flexible joints, allowing for movement or bending.

Usage

• The term is primarily used to describe physical objects with a jointed structure. It is often applied in mechanical, anatomical, and transportation contexts.
• It can also be used figuratively to describe speech or language that is clearly and distinctly expressed, though this is a separate meaning from the primary physical definition.

Examples

• Adjective:
  • The articulated lorry could navigate the narrow city streets more easily.
  • An insect's leg is an articulated limb, allowing for complex movement.
  • The doll had articulated arms and legs, so children could pose it.

Advanced Usage

• "Articulated bus": A type of bus with two or more rigid sections connected by a pivoting joint.

  • The city uses articulated buses on its busiest routes to increase passenger capacity.

• "Articulated skeleton": In anatomy or paleontology, a skeleton where the bones are found and preserved in their natural, connected positions at the joints.

  • The museum displayed an articulated dinosaur skeleton.

Variants and Related Words

• Articulate (verb): To express an idea or feeling fluently and coherently.

  • She could articulate her thoughts on the complex issue very well.

• Articulation (noun):

  • The state of being jointed.

    • The articulation of the robot's arm allows for precise movements.
  • The act of expressing something clearly in speech.

    • His clear articulation made the lecture easy to follow.

• Unarticulated (adjective): Not connected by joints; also, not clearly expressed.

  • The fossil was an unarticulated collection of bones.

Synonyms

• Jointed: Having or provided with joints.
• Hinged: Attached by or furnished with a hinge (a type of joint).
• Segmented: Divided into segments or sections.

Antonyms

• Rigid: Unable to bend or be forced out of shape; not flexible.
• Fixed: Fastened securely in position; not moving.
• Monolithic: Formed of a single large block of stone; by extension, large, solid, and uniform without separate parts.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. consisting of segments held together by joints

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