Definition of assimilation Assimilation

/ʌsɪˌmʌlejˈʃʌn/ - [usimuleyshun] - as•sim•i•la•tion

We found 16 definitions of assimilation from 6 different sources.

What does assimilation mean?

WordNet

Noun Plural: assimilations
assimilation - the social process of absorbing one cultural group into harmony with another
		absorption
		social process a process involved in the formation of groups of persons
		americanisation, americanization assimilation into American culture
		anglicisation, anglicization the act of anglicizing; making English in appearance
		europeanisation, europeanization assimilation into European culture
assimilation - the process of absorbing nutrients into the body after digestion
		absorption
		biological process, organic process a process occurring in living organisms
		anabolism, constructive metabolism the synthesis in living organisms of more complex substances (e.g., living tissue) from simpler ones together with the storage of energy
assimilation - the state of being assimilated; people of different backgrounds come to see themselves as part of a larger national family
		relationship a relation between people; (`relationship' is often used where `relation' would serve, as in `the relationship between inflation and unemployment', but the preferred usage of `relationship' is for human relations or states of relatedness); "the relationship between mothers and their children"
assimilation - in the theories of Jean Piaget: the application of a general schema to a particular instance
		developmental learning learning that takes place as a normal part of cognitive development
assimilation - a linguistic process by which a sound becomes similar to an adjacent sound
		linguistic process the cognitive processes involved in producing and understanding linguistic communication; "he didn't have the language to express his feelings"
assimilation - the process of assimilating new ideas into an existing cognitive structure
		acculturation
		education the profession of teaching (especially at a school or college or university)

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Wiktionary

assimilation (Noun)
The act of assimilating or the state of being assimilated.
assimilation (Noun)
The metabolic conversion of nutrients into tissue.
assimilation (Noun)
The absorption of new ideas into an existing cognitive structure.
assimilation (Noun)
A sound change process by which the phonetics of a speech segment becomes more like that of another segment in a word or at a word boundary, so that a change of phoneme occurs.
assimilation (Noun)
The adoption, by a minority group, of the customs and attitudes of the dominant culture.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

assimilation (n.)
The act or process of assimilating or bringing to a resemblance, likeness, or identity; also, the state of being so assimilated; as, the assimilation of one sound to another.
assimilation (n.)
The conversion of nutriment into the fluid or solid substance of the body, by the processes of digestion and absorption, whether in plants or animals.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

assimilation
Conversion of nutritive material to living tissue.\n(Source: KOREN)

Wikipedia

biology
Assimilation (from "similis", lat. = similar), in biology, means the process of the transformation of external substances and materials into substances and materials internal to the body.