dissimilation
Meaning
- (countable, uncountable) The act of dissimilating, of making dissimilar.
- (countable, uncountable) A dissimilatory process that supply a cell with energy only without the assimilation of nutrients.
- (countable, uncountable) A phenomenon where one of a pair of similar adjacent consonant or vowel sounds in a word becomes less similar.
Synonyms
Translations
dissimilation
disimilación
dissimilació
ανομοίωση
dissimilazione
Catabolismo
AbbaustoffwechselPronounced as (IPA)
/ˌdɪsɪmɪˈleɪʃən/
Etymology
From dis- + -similation, after assimilation.
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