dissimilation

Signification (Anglais)

1. (countable, uncountable) The act of dissimilating, of making dissimilar.
2. (countable, uncountable) A dissimilatory process that supply a cell with energy only without the assimilation of nutrients.
3. (countable, uncountable) A phenomenon where one of a pair of similar adjacent consonant or vowel sounds in a word becomes less similar.

Concepts

dissimilation

catabolisme

Synonymes

catabolism

katabolism

destructive metabolism

catabolic

devolution

heterization

Traductions

Dissimilation

disimilación

dissimilació

dissimilazione

ανομοίωση

Katabolismus

catabolismo

disassimilazione

catabolisme

catabolismo

Catabolismo

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˌdɪsɪmɪˈleɪʃən/

Étymologie (Anglais)

From dis- + -similation, after assimilation.