lingualization
lingualization noun: the act of representing something as a text in some language.
Noun
lingualization (countable and uncountable, plural lingualizations)
- The act of representing something as a text in some language.
- The ability to represent something as text.
- In the process of lingualization the child internalizes the system of language values and norms […]1997, Pondicherry Institute of Linguistics and Culture, https://books.google.com/books?id=XpR2AAAAIAAJ&q=%22lingualization%22&dq=%22lingualization%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiUsan0nojPAhUJLmMKHXx1Do0Q6A...
- The process of a sound becoming lingual.
- The procedure of moving teeth towards the tongue side of the arch.
- 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 […]2005, Paolo Ronchi, Orthodontic-surgical treatment of dentofacial anomalies: an integrated esthetic-functional approach
Forms of lingualization
| plural | lingualizations |
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Origin of lingualization
From lingualize + -ation.
Questions about lingualization
- What does lingualization mean?
- Lingualization means the act of representing something as a text in some language.
- What part of speech is lingualization?
- Lingualization is a noun.
- What is the plural of lingualization?
- The plural of lingualization is lingualizations.
Words near lingualization in the dictionary
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