Absorption vs. Assimilation
Absorptionnoun
The act or process of absorbing or of being absorbed as,
Absorptionnoun
(obsolete) engulfing; swallowing up, as of bodies or land.
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assimilate; incorporation.
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the imbibing or reception by molecular or chemical action, of radiant energy; the process of being neutrons being absorbed by the nucleus; interception.
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(physiology) in living organisms, the process by which the materials of growth and nutrition are absorbed and conveyed to the tissues and organs; taking in by various means, such as by osmosis.
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Entire engrossment or occupation of the mind.
Absorptionnoun
Mental assimilation.
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(electrical engineering) The retaining of electrical energy for a short time after it has been introduced to the dielectric.
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The act or process of absorbing or sucking in anything, or of being absorbed and made to disappear; as, the absorption of bodies in a whirlpool, the absorption of a smaller tribe into a larger.
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An imbibing or reception by molecular or chemical action; as, the absorption of light, heat, electricity, etc.
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In living organisms, the process by which the materials of growth and nutrition are absorbed and conveyed to the tissues and organs.
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Entire engrossment or occupation of the mind; as, absorption in some employment.
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(chemistry) a process in which one substance permeates another; a fluid permeates or is dissolved by a liquid or solid
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(physics) the process in which incident radiated energy is retained without reflection or transmission on passing through a medium;
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the social process of absorbing one cultural group into harmony with another
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the process of absorbing nutrients into the body after digestion
Absorptionnoun
complete attention; intense mental effort
Absorptionnoun
the mental state of being preoccupied by something
Assimilationnoun
The act of assimilating or the state of being assimilated.
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The metabolic conversion of nutrients into tissue.
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(by extension) The absorption of new ideas into an existing cognitive structure.
Assimilationnoun
(phonology) A sound change process by which the phonetics of a speech segment becomes more like that of another segment in a word (or at a word boundary), so that a change of phoneme occurs.
Assimilationnoun
The adoption, by a minority group, of the customs and attitudes of the dominant culture.
Assimilationnoun
The act or process of assimilating or bringing to a resemblance, likeness, or identity; also, the state of being so assimilated; as, the assimilation of one sound to another.
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The conversion of nutriment into the fluid or solid substance of the body, by the processes of digestion and absorption, whether in plants or animals.
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the state of being assimilated; people of different backgrounds come to see themselves as part of a larger national family
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the social process of absorbing one cultural group into harmony with another
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the process of absorbing nutrients into the body after digestion
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a linguistic process by which a sound becomes similar to an adjacent sound
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the process of assimilating new ideas into an existing cognitive structure
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in the theories of Jean Piaget: the application of a general schema to a particular instance
Assimilationnoun
the process of taking in and fully understanding information or ideas
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the absorption and integration of people, ideas, or culture into a wider society or culture
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the absorption and digestion of food or nutrients by the body or any biological system
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the process of becoming similar to something
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the fact of a sound being made more like another in the same or next word
