assimilation

as·sim·i·la·tion

A0475100 (ə-sĭm′ə-lā′shən)n.1. a. The act or process of assimilating.b. The state of being assimilated.2. Physiology The conversion of nutriments into living tissue; constructive metabolism.3. Linguistics The process by which a sound is modified so that it becomes similar or identical to an adjacent or nearby sound. For example, the prefix in- becomes im- in impossible by assimilation to the labial p of possible.4. The process whereby a minority group gradually adopts the customs and attitudes of the prevailing culture.

as•sim•i•la•tion

(əˌsɪm əˈleɪ ʃən)

n. 1. the act or process of assimilating or the state of being assimilated. 2. a. the conversion of absorbed food into the substance of the body. b. the process of plant nutrition, including photosynthesis and the absorption of nutrient matter. 3. the merging of cultural traits from distinct cultural groups. 4. the act or process by which a speech sound becomes identical with or similar to a neighboring sound, as in (ˈgræm pɑ) for grandpa. [1595–1605; < Latin]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	assimilation - the state of being assimilated; people of different backgrounds come to see themselves as part of a larger national familyrelationship - a state involving mutual dealings between people or parties or countries
	2.	assimilation - the social process of absorbing one cultural group into harmony with anotherabsorptionAmericanisation, Americanization - assimilation into American cultureAnglicisation, Anglicization - the act of anglicizing; making English in appearanceEuropeanisation, Europeanization - assimilation into European culturesocial process - a process involved in the formation of groups of personsWesternisation, Westernization - assimilation of Western culture; the social process of becoming familiar with or converting to the customs and practices of Western civilization
	3.	assimilation - the process of absorbing nutrients into the body after digestionabsorptionanabolism, constructive metabolism - the synthesis in living organisms of more complex substances (e.g., living tissue) from simpler ones together with the storage of energymalabsorption - abnormal absorption of nutrients from the digestive tractbiological process, organic process - a process occurring in living organisms
	4.	assimilation - a linguistic process by which a sound becomes similar to an adjacent soundlinguistic process - a process involved in human language
	5.	assimilation - the process of assimilating new ideas into an existing cognitive structureacculturationeducation - the gradual process of acquiring knowledge; "education is a preparation for life"; "a girl's education was less important than a boy's"
	6.	assimilation - in the theories of Jean Piaget: the application of a general schema to a particular instancedevelopmental learning - learning that takes place as a normal part of cognitive development

assimilation

nounThe process of absorbing and incorporating, especially mentally:absorption, digestion.

Translations

吸收

assimilate

(əˈsiməleit) verb to take in and digest. Plants assimilate food from the earth; I can't assimilate all these facts at once. 吸收 吸收asˌsimiˈlation noun 吸收 吸收