or jointing, is the joining of bones together; and is of two kinds, viz. articulation and connection. Articulation is of two kinds:

1. Diarthrosis, which is capable of motion. 2. Synarthrosis, which is not capable of motion.

There is a species composed of these two, which some call amphiarthrosis. Connection, or synapsis, is of three kinds:

1. By ligament, called suture, or syndesmosis. 2. By cartilages, called synchondrosis. 3. By muscles passing from one bone to another, called fasciculus.

in botany, is the connection of parts that consist of joints or knees, such as the pods of French honey-suckles, which when ripe divide into so many parts as there are knees or joints; also those parts of plants which swell into nodes or joints, and which usually send forth branches.