Assimilation
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'''Assimilation''' (from Latin ''assimilatio''; "to render similar") may refer to more than one article:
*[[Assimilation (linguistics)]], a linguistic process by which a sound becomes similar to an adjacent sound
*[[Cultural assimilation]], the process whereby a minority group gradually adopts the customs and attitudes of the prevailing culture
**Language shift or [[language assimilation]], the progressive process whereby a speech community of a language shifts to speaking another language
**[[Americanization (of Native Americans)]], cultural assimilation of Native Americans in the United States
**[[Jewish assimilation]]
*[[Assimilation (biology)]], the conversion of nutrient into the fluid or solid substance of the body, by the processes of digestion and absorption
*[[Assimilation (meteorology)]], the process of objectively adapting the model state (of a numerical weather prediction model) to observations in a statistical optimal way taking into account model and observation errors.
*[[Assimilation (philosophy)]], incorporation of new concepts into existing schemes
==See also==
* [[List of fictional assimilating races|Assimilating race]] in science fiction
** [[Assimilation (Star Trek)]], process used by the fictional ''[[Star Trek]]'' [[Borg (Star Trek)|Borg]] race to integrate a being into their collective structure
** Biological assimilation is also used by the [[Zerg]] in the ''[[StarCraft]]'' series as a way of incorporating the genetics of other species into their own genepool.
** In Superman, assimilation is the method of being stabbed or injected with [[kryptonite]]
*In [[psychoanalysis]], a mutual penetration of conscious and unconscious contents
*In [[Piaget]]ian [[developmental psychology]], one of the [[Constructivism_%28learning_theory%29#Constructivist_theory|twin processes whereby concepts are modified]] (along with accommodation)
* In [[computer science]], the modification of anti-virus software to detect a new virus
* In [[typesetting]], the symmetry property possessed in varying degrees by a typeface that creates mirror relationships and other similarities of form between letters
* ''[[L'assimilande]]'', a novel by [[Paul Laurendeau]] about fast-paced linguistic assimilation triggered by a technical device called the ''glottophore''.
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