coarticulation: Meaning and Definition of

co•ar•tic•u•la•tion

1. concomitance of articulation, as in fro, ostensibly a succession of three discrete sounds but physically a single articulation (f-) blending into a coarticulation (-fr-), which blends into an articulation (-r-), which blends into a coarticulation (-ro-), which blends into an articulation (-o).
2. Also calledthe movement during the articulation of a given sound of one or more articulators not directly involved in producing the sound.