ASSIMILATION


Meaning of ASSIMILATION in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ə-ˌsi-mə-ˈlā-shən ]

noun

Date: 15th century

1.

a. : an act, process, or instance of assimilating

b. : the state of being assimilated

2. : the incorporation or conversion of nutrients into protoplasm that in animals follows digestion and absorption and in higher plants involves both photosynthesis and root absorption

3. : change of a sound in speech so that it becomes identical with or similar to a neighboring sound

the usual assimilation of z to sh in the phrase his shoe

4. : the process of receiving new facts or of responding to new situations in conformity with what is already available to consciousness

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.