dissimilationn.
/dɪsɪmɪˈleɪʃən/ The action of making, or process of becoming, unlike: opposed to assimilation n. Used spec. in: (a) (Philology) the differentiation of two identical sounds occurring near each other in a word, by change of one of them, as in Italian pelegrino from Latin peregrinus; (b) (Biology) destructive metabolism; katabolism: opposed to assimilation n. 4.In quot. 1830, used for the preparation of two dissimilar sets of papers, to be presented to either belligerent, as needed.
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the world > relative properties > relationship > difference > [noun] > making different or dissimilation
absimilation1638
dissimilation1830
the world > life > biology > biological processes > metabolism > [noun] > types of
disassimilation1809
dissimilation1830
anabolism1886
catabolism1889
basal metabolism1914
hypometabolism1932
hypermetabolism1937
cryptobiosis1959
methylotrophy1972
the mind > language > linguistics > study of speech sound > speech sound > sound changes > [noun] > assimilation > dissimilation
dissimilation1830
1830 J. Galt Lawrie Todd I. ii. v. 122 His misfortune might be..owing to the dissimilation of the ship's papers.
1874 H. Sweet Hist. Eng. Sounds 13 Dissimilation..by which two identical sounds are made unlike, or two similar sounds are made to diverge.
1885 J. S. Stallybrass tr. V. Hehn Wanderings Plants & Animals 476 The modern Latin languages felt..the need of dissimilation.
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