lingualization

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

lingualize +‎ -ation

Noun[edit]

lingualization (countable and uncountable, plural lingualizations)

  1. The act of representing something as a text in some language.
  2. The ability to represent something as text.
    • 1997, Pondicherry Institute of Linguistics and Culture, [2]
      In the process of lingualization the child internalizes the system of language values and norms […]
  3. (phonetics) The process of a sound becoming lingual.
  4. (orthodontics) The procedure of moving teeth towards the tongue side of the arch.[1]
    • 2005, Paolo Ronchi, Orthodontic-surgical treatment of dentofacial anomalies: an integrated esthetic-functional approach‎[3]:
      As already stated, there is a natural mechanism in most Class III cases that compensates for the sagittal skeletal discrepancy, so that during growth a lingualization of the mandibular incisors develops together with a vestibularization […]

References[edit]

  1. ^ J. L. Somers (2021) “Tooth Movements”, in Clear Correct‎[1], archived from the original on 2 January 2022
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