Assimilation Guide, Meaning , Facts, Information and Description
Assimilation, from Latin assimilatio, meaning "to render similar". The term assimilation is used to describe various phenomena:
- The process of assimilating new ideas into a schema (cognitive structure). See schema (psychology)
- A linguistic process by which a sound becomes similar to an adjacent sound. See Assimilation (linguistics).
- The conversion of nutriment into the fluid or solid substance of the body, by the processes of digestion and absorption. See Assimilation (biology).
- The process whereby a minority group gradually adopts the customs and attitudes of the prevailing culture. See Assimilation (sociology).
- Process used by the fictional Borg race to integrate a being into the collective structure. See Assimilation (Star Trek).
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