(Source: sychedelic)
(Source: suburbed)
(Source: gagweed)
ASSIMILATION
[noun]
1. the act or process of assimilating; state or condition of being assimilated; to take in and incorporate as one’s own; absorb.
2. Physiology: the conversion of absorbed food into the substance of the body.
3. Botany: the total process of plant nutrition, including photosynthesis and the absorption of raw materials.
4. Sociology: the merging of cultural traits from previously distinct cultural groups, not involving biological amalgamation; to bring into conformity with the customs, attitudes, etc., of a group, nation, or the like; adapt or adjust.
5. Phonetics: the act or process by which a sound becomes identical with or similar to a neighbouring sound in one or more defining characteristics, as place of articulation, voice or voicelessness, or manner of articulation.
(Source: white--willow)
(Source: 13h12)



