lingualization

English

Etymology

lingualize +‎ -ation

Noun

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