同化作用 — meaning in English
tóng huà zuò yòng
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English meaning
- assimilation noun The process of taking in and absorbing something, whether ideas, nutrients, or a group of people into a wider culture.
Senses
同化作用 is used for these senses in English:
- anabolism The constructive metabolism of the body, as distinguished from catabolism.
- assimilation The act of assimilating or the state of being assimilated.
assimilation — full definition
- noun The process of taking in and absorbing something, whether ideas, nutrients, or a group of people into a wider culture.
- noun In linguistics, a sound change in which one speech sound becomes more like a neighboring sound.