ALL meanings of assimilation
as·sim·i·la·tion
A a - noun assimilation an assimilating or being assimilated 3
- noun assimilation the cultural absorption of a minority group into the main cultural body 3
- noun assimilation a process in which a sound, influenced by a neighboring sound, tends to become like it in articulation 3
- noun assimilation the change of digested food into the protoplasm of an animal; also, the absorption and incorporation of nutritive elements by plants, as in photosynthesis 3
- noun assimilation substance: absorption 1
- noun assimilation social integration 1
- noun assimilation the act or process of assimilating, or of absorbing information, experiences, etc.: the need for quick assimilation of the facts. 1
- noun assimilation the state or condition of being assimilated, or of being absorbed into something. 1
- noun assimilation the process of adapting or adjusting to the culture of a group or nation, or the state of being so adapted: assimilation of immigrants into American life. 1
- noun assimilation Physiology. the conversion of absorbed food into the substance of the body. 1
- noun assimilation Botany. the total process of plant nutrition, including photosynthesis and the absorption of raw materials. 1
- noun assimilation Sociology. the merging of cultural traits from previously distinct cultural groups, not involving biological amalgamation. 1
- noun assimilation Phonetics. the act or process by which a sound becomes identical with or similar to a neighboring sound in one or more defining characteristics, as place of articulation, voice or voicelessness, or manner of articulation, as in [gram-pah] /ˈgræm pɑ/ (Show IPA) for grandpa. Compare dissimilation (def 2). 1
- noun assimilation The act of assimilating or the state of being assimilated. 1
- noun assimilation The metabolic conversion of nutrients into tissue. 0
- noun assimilation (by extension) The absorption of new ideas into an existing cognitive structure. 0
- noun assimilation (phonology) A sound change process by which the phonetics of a speech segment becomes more like that of another segment in a word (or at a word boundary), so that a change of phoneme occurs. 0
- noun assimilation (sociology, cultural studies) The adoption, by a minority group, of the customs and attitudes of the dominant culture. 0