noun
1.
the act of making or becoming unlike.
2.
Phonetics. the process by which a speech sound becomes different from or less like a neighboring sound, as pilgrim 
[pil-grim] from Latin peregrīnus [per-e-gree-noo
s] and purple [pur-puhl] from Old English purpure [poor-poo-re] or disappears entirely because of a like sound in another syllable, as in the pronunciation [guhv-uh-ner] for governor. Compare assimilation ( def 5 ).
[pil-grim] from Latin peregrīnus [per-e-gree-noos] and purple [pur-puhl] from Old English purpure [poor-poo-re] or disappears entirely because of a like sound in another syllable, as in the pronunciation [guhv-uh-ner] for governor. Compare assimilation ( def 5 ). 3.
Biology, catabolism.
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| —n | |
| 1. | the act or an instance of making dissimilar |
| 2. | phonetics the alteration or omission of a consonant as a result of being dissimilated |
| 3. | biology a less common word for catabolism |
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Dissimilation
is always a great word to know.
So is sonant. Does it mean:
| articulated with none of the voice issuing through the nose, as b, v |
| a speech sound that by itself makes a syllable or subordinates to itself the other sounds in the syllable |
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