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Assimilation
əsɪmɪˈleɪʃn
Assimilation definitions
noun
assimilation
assimilations
- the process of taking in and fully understanding information or ideas
"the assimilation of the knowledge of the Greeks"
- the absorption and integration of people, ideas, or culture into a wider society or culture
"the assimilation of Italians into American society"
- the absorption and digestion of food or nutrients by the body or any biological system
"nitrate assimilation usually takes place in leaves"
- the process of becoming similar to something
"Watson was ready to work for the assimilation of Scots law to English law where he thought it was justified"
- the fact of a sound being made more like another in the same or next word
"when p is preceded by some Latin prefixes, it is doubled because of the assimilation of a consonant, as in 'apparent' (ad-parent)"