<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>the act or process of assimilating, or of absorbing information, experiences, etc.: the need for quick assimilation of the facts.</li><li>the state or condition of being assimilated, or of being absorbed into something.</li><li>the process of adopting the language and culture of a dominant social group or nation, or the state of being socially integrated into the culture of the dominant group in a society: assimilation of immigrants into American life.</li><li>Physiology: the conversion of absorbed food into the substance of the body.</li><li>Botany: the total process of plant nutrition, including photosynthesis and the absorption of raw materials.</li><li>Sociology: the merging of cultural traits from previously distinct cultural groups, not involving biological amalgamation.</li><li>Phonetics: the act or process by which a sound becomes identical with or similar to a neighboring sound in one or more defining characteristics, as place of articulation, voice or voicelessness, or manner of articulation, as in [gram, -pah] for grandpa.</li></ul>