Speech organs—or articulators—are of two types: passive articulators and active articulators. Passive articulators remain static during the articulation of sound. Upper lips, teeth, alveolar ridge, hard palate, soft palate, uvula, and pharynx wall are passive articulators. Active articulators move relative to these passive articulators to produce various speech sounds, in different manners. The most important active articulator is the tongue. The lower lip and glottis are other active articulators.
speech organ — noun any of the organs involved in speech production • Syn: ↑vocal organ, ↑organ of speech • Hypernyms: ↑organ • Hyponyms: ↑articulator, ↑glottis, ↑larynx, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
speech organ — any part of the body, as the tongue, velum, diaphragm, or lungs, that participates, actively or passively, voluntarily or involuntarily, in the production of the sounds of speech. * * * … Universalium
speech organ — Synonyms and related words: alveolar ridge, alveolus, apex, arytenoid cartilages, back, blade, dorsum, hard palate, larynx, lips, nasal cavity, oral cavity, palate, pharyngeal cavity, pharynx, soft palate, syrinx, teeth, teeth ridge, tip, tongue … Moby Thesaurus
organ of speech — noun any of the organs involved in speech production • Syn: ↑speech organ, ↑vocal organ • Hypernyms: ↑organ • Hyponyms: ↑articulator, ↑glottis, ↑larynx, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
speech — /speech/, n. 1. the faculty or power of speaking; oral communication; ability to express one s thoughts and emotions by speech sounds and gesture: Losing her speech made her feel isolated from humanity. 2. the act of speaking: He expresses… … Universalium
organ — n. part of the body 1) body; major; reproductive; sense, sensory; sexual; speech; vital organs large wind instrument 2) to play the organ 3) a barrel; electronic; hand; pipe; reed organ periodical 4) a government; official; party organ * * * [… … Combinatory dictionary
organ — /awr geuhn/, n. 1. Also called pipe organ. a musical instrument consisting of one or more sets of pipes sounded by means of compressed air, played by means of one or more keyboards, and capable of producing a wide range of musical effects. 2. any … Universalium
Organ reform movement — The Organ Reform Movement or Orgelbewegung (also called the Organ Revival Movement) was an early 20th century trend in pipe organ building, originating in Germany and already influential in the United States in the 1940s, waning only in the 1980s … Wikipedia
speech — n. 1 the faculty or act of speaking. 2 a formal public address. 3 a manner of speaking (a man of blunt speech). 4 a remark (after this speech he was silent). 5 the language of a nation, region, group, etc. 6 Mus. the act of sounding in an organ… … Useful english dictionary
Michael Organ — Michael Keith Organ Federal Member for Cunningham In office 19 October 2002 – 8 October 2004 Preceded by Stephen Martin … Wikipedia
