Definitions for assimilation

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assimilation as·sim·i·la·tion

Spelling: [uh-sim-uh-ley-shuh n]

IPA: /əˌsɪm əˈleɪ ʃən/

Assimilation is a 12 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 851 anagrams from letters in assimilation (aaiiilmnosst).

Definitions for assimilation

noun

1. the act or process of assimilating, or of absorbing information, experiences, etc.:
2. the state or condition of being assimilated, or of being absorbed into something.
3. the process of adapting or adjusting to the culture of a group or nation, or the state of being so adapted:
4. Physiology. the conversion of absorbed food into the substance of the body.
5. Botany. the total process of plant nutrition, including photosynthesis and the absorption of raw materials.
6. Sociology. the merging of cultural traits from previously distinct cultural groups, not involving biological amalgamation.
7. 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).

Origin of assimilation

First recorded in 1595-1605, assimilation is from the Latin word assimilātiōn- (stem of assimilātiō). See assimilate, -ion

Examples for assimilation

Actors can inhabit the person through the sheer force of their assimilation.

Today, Turkey in the German imagination has mostly to do with immigration, assimilation, and EU membership.

Wonder of Wonders approaches the topic of assimilation from many angles.

assimilation was more urgent that it may have been for other immigrants.

My proclivities are entirely aristocratic: I have no power of assimilation with the canaille.

There were therefore no beginnings of any assimilation between them and the latter.

He exceeded his capacity of mental digestion and assimilation.

Many other considerations helped in this process of assimilation.

The power of assimilation which a growing nature must possess is astonishing.

Conway refers to the other important factors as the “three ‘A’s”: air conditioning, assimilation, and airfare.