slovo | definícia |
dissimilation (encz) | dissimilation,disimilace n: Zdeněk Brož |
Dissimilation (gcide) | Dissimilation \Dis*sim`i*la"tion\, n.
The act of making dissimilar. --H. Sweet.
[1913 Webster] |
dissimilation (wn) | dissimilation
n 1: 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: breakdown in living organisms of more complex substances into
simpler ones together with release of energy [syn:
catabolism, katabolism, dissimilation, {destructive
metabolism}] [ant: anabolism, constructive metabolism] |
| podobné slovo | definícia |
dissimilation (encz) | dissimilation,disimilace n: Zdeněk Brož |
dissimilation (wn) | dissimilation
n 1: 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: breakdown in living organisms of more complex substances into
simpler ones together with release of energy [syn:
catabolism, katabolism, dissimilation, {destructive
metabolism}] [ant: anabolism, constructive metabolism] |
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