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sulautuminen — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • absorption noun The process of taking in and incorporating a substance, such as light, heat, or liquid.
  • assimilation noun The process of taking in and absorbing something, whether ideas, nutrients, or a group of people into a wider culture.
  • merger noun The joining of two or more organizations, especially companies, into a single one.

Senses

sulautuminen is used for these senses in English:

  • absorption The act or process of absorbing or of being absorbed as,
  • assimilation The act of assimilating or the state of being assimilated.
  • coalescence The act of coalescing.
  • merger The act or process of merging two or more parts into a single unit.
  • merger (economics) The legal union of two or more corporations into a single entity, typically assets and liabilities being assumed by the buying party.
  • merger (legal) An absorption of one or more estate(s) or contract(s) into one other, all being held by the same owner; of several counts of accusation into one judgement, etc.

absorption — full definition

  1. noun The process of taking in and incorporating a substance, such as light, heat, or liquid.
  2. noun A total engrossment of someone's attention or interest.

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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