APA Dictionary of Psychology

dental

Updated on 04/19/2018
  1. adj. of or relating to the teeth.
  2. adj. denoting a speech sound produced with the tongue touching the upper front teeth, as in the French [t] sound.
  3. adj. more loosely, denoting any alveolar, dental, or interdental speech sound.
  4. n. a dental speech sound.
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