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dissimilation

/dih-sim-uh-ley-shuhn/US // dɪˌsɪm əˈleɪ ʃən //UK // (ˌdɪsɪmɪˈleɪʃən) //

异化,异化作用,异化反应,异化现象

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the act of making or becoming unlike.
    • : Phonetics. the process by which a speech sound becomes different from or less like a neighboring sound, as pilgrim [pil-grim] /ˈpɪl grɪm/ from Latin peregrīnus [per-e-gree-noos], /ˌpɛr ɛˈgri nʊs/, and purple [pur-puhl] /ˈpɜr pəl/ from Old English purpure [poor-poo-re], /ˈpʊər pʊ rɛ/, or disappears entirely because of a like sound in another syllable, as in the pronunciation [guhv-uh-ner] /ˈgʌv ə nər/ for governor.Compare assimilation.
    • : Biology. catabolism.

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Examples

  • The sounds most frequently affected by dissimilation are those represented by the letters l, n, and r. Fr.

  • We have seen (p. 57) that the letters l, n, r are particularly subject to dissimilation and metathesis.

  • In the family name Hansom, for Hanson, we have dissimilation of n (see p. 57).

  • Let us first of all glance at some of the most important phenomena in connection with assimilation and dissimilation.

  • To cause the opposite process of dissimilation, we draw one large sector among several smaller sectors.