assimilation

assimilazione

Processo con cui un gruppo culturale minoritario adotta le usanze e il modo di vivere della maggioranza.

In inglese semplice: The process of a smaller cultural group adopting the customs and ways of the main group.

• Assimilation changed the community’s traditions.
• Some families resisted forced assimilation.
• The debate focused on cultural assimilation and the loss of language.

Come si usa: assimilation into something (Assimilation into the wider society took several generations.)

Espressioni comuni: cultural assimilation, forced assimilation, assimilation into society

assimilazione

Processo con cui si incorpora qualcosa o si diventa parte di un insieme più grande.

In inglese semplice: The process of taking something in or becoming part of a larger whole.

• Assimilation happened gradually.
• The report describes the assimilation of separate units into one organization.
• Complete assimilation requires changes on both sides.

Come si usa: assimilation of something into something (The assimilation of these parts into one system took months.)

Sinonimi: absorption, incorporation, integration

Espressioni comuni: gradual assimilation, complete assimilation, assimilation into something

assimilazione

Processo con cui si inseriscono nuove informazioni nel proprio modo già esistente di comprendere le cose.

In inglese semplice: The process of fitting new information into the way you already understand things.

• Assimilation connects new ideas with familiar ones.
• The teacher encouraged the assimilation of new information.
• Children use assimilation when they fit new experiences into familiar categories.

Come si usa: assimilation of something into something (Learning involves the assimilation of new facts into existing knowledge.)

Sinonimi: absorption, incorporation

Espressioni comuni: assimilation of ideas, assimilation of knowledge

assimilazione

Processo con cui il corpo trasforma sostanze degli alimenti in materiale per le proprie cellule.

In inglese semplice: The process by which the body changes substances from food into material for its own cells.

• Assimilation helps the body build new tissue.
• The study measured nutrient assimilation in young animals.
• Poor assimilation of protein can slow growth.

Come si usa: assimilation of something (Illness can interfere with the assimilation of nutrients.)

Espressioni comuni: nutrient assimilation, assimilation of nutrients

assimilazione

Cambiamento per cui un suono del parlato diventa più simile a un suono vicino.

In inglese semplice: A change in which one speech sound becomes more like a nearby sound.

• Assimilation can make speech easier.
• Nasal assimilation changes the sound before a particular consonant.
• We heard examples of assimilation in everyday conversation.

Espressioni comuni: consonant assimilation, nasal assimilation, sound assimilation