Assimilation

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 cognitive structure. See Assimilation (cognitive science)\n*A linguistic process by which a sound becomes similar to an adjacent sound. See Assimilation (linguistics).\n*The conversion of nutriment into the fluid or solid substance of the body, by the processes of digestion and absorption. See Assimilation (biology).\n*The process whereby a minority group gradually adopts the customs and attitudes of the prevailing culture. See Assimilation (sociology). \n*Process used by the Borg race to integrate a being into the collective structure. See Assimilation (Star Trek).

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