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Definition of Dissimilation

1. Noun. A linguistic process by which one of two similar sounds in a word becomes less like the other. "The Old French MARBRE became the English MARBLE by dissimilation"

2. Noun. Breakdown in living organisms of more complex substances into simpler ones together with release of energy.

Definition of Dissimilation

1. n. The act of making dissimilar.

Definition of Dissimilation

1. Noun. The act of dissimilating, of making dissimilar. ¹

2. Noun. (phonology) A phenomenon whereby similar consonant or vowel sounds in a word become less similar, resulting in a form that is easier for the listener to perceive. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Dissimilation

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Dissimilation

1. Synonym: disassimilation. Synonym: catabolism. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Dissimilation

dissidents dissight dissights dissilience dissilition dissimilar dissimilarities dissimilarity dissimilarly dissimilarness

dissimilars dissimilate dissimilated dissimilates dissimilating dissimilation (current term) dissimilations dissimilatory dissimilitude dissimilitudes

dissimulate dissimulated dissimulates dissimulating dissimulatingly dissimulation dissimulations dissimulative dissimulator dissimulators

Literary usage of Dissimilation

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. From Latin to Spanish by Paul M. Lloyd (1987)
"dissimilation This phenomenon is the opposite of assimilation. In dissimilation a sound loses a feature of articulation that it shares with a neighboring ..."

2. Introduction to the Study of the Greek Dialects: Grammar, Selected by Carl Darling Buck (1910)
"This is not really assimilation, but loss of 7 by dissimilation from the initial 7, supported, ... Except for the regular dissimilation of aspirates in ..."

3. Introduction to the Study of the Greek Dialects: Grammar, Selected by Carl Darling Buck (1910)
"This is not really assimilation, but loss of 7 by dissimilation from the initial 7, supported, ... Except for the regular dissimilation of aspirates in ..."

4. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences by New York Academy of Sciences (1917)
"... (for ni'igb'giic) dissimilation Consonantal assimilation and dissimilation is not of great importance in ..."

5. An Introduction to Greek and Latin Etymology by John Peile (1869)
"dissimilation. This principle has a more limited application to the ... (i) One case where dissimilation acts is common to (i) Change Greek and Latin ..."

6. The Latin Language: An Historical Account of Latin Sounds, Stems and Flexions by Wallace Martin Lindsay (1894)
"(12) Assimilation, dissimilation, and False Analogy. In Italian the unaccented vowel is ... dissimilation, perhaps appears in Vulgar Latin in a word like ..."

7. The Science and Philosophy of the Organism: The Gifford Lectures Delivered by Hans Driesch (1908)
"ASSIMILATION " AND " dissimilation " Metabolism, ie the change of chemical specificities during the differentiation, growth, and functioning of the organism ..."

8. A Text-book of physiology by Michael Foster (1891)
"With a second substance excess of dissimilation provokes red, ... When in the latter two substances dissimilation and assimilation are exactly equal, ..."

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