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dissimilation |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Dissimilation \Dis*sim`i*la"tion\, n. The act of making dissimilar. --H. Sweet. From WordNet r 1.6 [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 of more complex substances into simpler ones with release of energy [syn: {catabolism}, {katabolism}, {destructive metabolism}] [ant: {anabolism}]
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