Definition of "functionalization" [functionalization]

• The act of functionalizing (noun)

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• "In linguistics, the process is generically called conversion or more specifically called functionalization."
• "Force 2000 The probability of duplicate gene preservation by sub-functionalization."
• "Stephan 2008 Evidence that strong positive selection drives neo-functionalization in the tandemly duplicated polyhomeotic genes in Drosophila."