What is Assimilation?
{{wiktionary|assimilation}} '''Assimilation''' can mean: * [[Assimilation (linguistics)]], in studying language, the way a sound in a word becomes closer to a neighboring sound. * [[Assimilation (biology)]], changing a nutrient into the fluid or solid substance of the body, through digestion and absorption. * [[Cultural assimilation]], the way a smaller group of people gradually copies the customs and attitudes of the larger culture around it. For cultural assimilation of Native Americans in the United States, see [[Americanization (of Native Americans)]]. * [[Assimilation (Star Trek)]], the way the fictional ''[[Star Trek]]'' [[Borg (Star Trek)|Borg]] race brings a being into their group structure * The [[Zerg]] method of evolving, also called infest(ing) * [[Media and ethnicity]] * [[Accommodation]] in Jean Piaget's theory of loserness * In [[psychoanalysis]], when conscious and unconscious contents penetrate one another * In [[computer science]], the changing of anti-virus software to find a new virus * In [[typesetting]], the amount that a typeface can make mirror images and other similarities between letters {{disambig}}