assimilatory
adjective
uk/əˈsɪm.ɪ.lə..tər.i/us/əˈsɪm.ə.lə.tɔːr.i/assimilatoryadjective(INTO GROUP)
relatingto orcausingassimilation(= theprocessofbecomingapart, or making someonebecomeapartof agroup,country, etc.):
Theeducationof thesechildrenis assimilatory and may havenegativeoutcomes.
Thearticlediscussesthe assimilatorystancestillheldin thissociety.
Synonym
assimilative
- It is veryunusualfor acultureto becompletelytransplanted, withoutundergoingassimilatorymodifications.
- Theschoolhas neverquestionedthe assimilatoryaspectsofitsowneducationalpractices.
Organizations - joining & leaving
- addition
- anti-assimilation
- assimilation
- assimilationist
- assimilative
- band
- blackball
- enrol
- enrolment
- entrant
- entry
- entryway
- exit
- initiation ceremony
- joiner
- non-joiner
- on the booksidiom
- onto
- overenrolled
- sit
assimilatoryadjective(ABSORBENT)
(alsoassimilative)
relatingto,causing, orallowingassimilation(= theprocessofabsorbingsomething),especiallyinto alivingorganism:
Assimilatorymetabolismdiffersbetween differentgroupsofplants.
Wecomparedtheamountof assimilatorytissueand theamountofstructuralmaterialin aleaf.
Synonym
assimilative
- Theplantsdifferintheirresponsetolossof assimilatorycapacity.
- Theteamislookingat theeffectofpollutionon the assimilatoryapparatusoftreespeciesin thisarea.
Animal & plant biology - general words
- abiotic
- anatomical
- anatomically correct
- anti-Darwinian
- anti-Darwinism
- biodiversity
- botany
- entomological
- entomologist
- eukaryote
- fight-or-flight
- food chain
- morphology
- poisonous
- recolonization
- recolonize
- regeneration
- regenerative
- restimulate
- zoology
assimilatoryadjective(SOUNDS)
phoneticsspecialized
involvingaspeechsoundbeinginfluencedby thesoundthat comes before or after it:
Thistypeofshiftoccursunder the assimilatoryinfluenceof aneighbouringvowel.
Consonantharmonyis an assimilatoryprocessthatcopiesfeaturesfrom oneconsonantto anotherconsonantin the word.
- Theauthorsummarizesthevarioustypesof assimilatoryprocessesthat can takeplace.
Linguistics: phonology & phonetics
- alliterative
- alveolar
- apheresis
- aphesis
- aphetic
- aspirate
- guttural
- homonym
- lax
- lenis
- macron
- misemphasis
- mispronunciation
- phonology
- schwa
- semivowel
- sibilance
- sibilant
- speech pathology
- suprasegmental