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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

  1. noun The process of taking in and absorbing something, whether ideas, nutrients, or a group of people into a wider culture.
  2. noun In linguistics, a sound change in which one speech sound becomes more like a neighboring sound.

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