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Assimilation

Assimilation, from Latin assimilatio, meaning "to render similar". The term assimilation is used to describe various phenomena:

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

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