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assimilation
/əˌsɪməˈleɪʃən/ noun
Latin root: assimilatio Wiktionary
noun Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about assimilation at Wordnik → Where our words come from →
- The act of assimilating or the state of being assimilated.
- The metabolic conversion of nutrients into tissue.
- The absorption of new ideas into an existing cognitive structure.
Origin
Borrowed from Medieval Latin assimilatio. By surface analysis, assimilate + -ion.
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