ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Lingualization

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Lingualization is a noun meaning The act of representing something as a text in some language.

Meaning

The act of representing something as a text in some language.

More Meanings

  1. The ability to represent something as text.
  2. (phonetics) The process of a sound becoming lingual.
  3. (orthodontics) The procedure of moving teeth towards the tongue side of the arch.

Example Sentences

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 […]

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