assimilation

assimilation has 8 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 12.

Definitions

• 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.
• 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.
• n.. in the theories of Jean Piaget: the application of a general schema to a particular instance
• n.. the process of assimilating new ideas into an existing cognitive structure
• n.. a linguistic process by which a sound becomes similar to an adjacent sound
• n.. the process of absorbing nutrients into the body after digestion
• n.. the social process of absorbing one cultural group into harmony with another
• n.. the state of being assimilated; people of different backgrounds come to see themselves as part of a larger national family