Hypertext Webster Gateway: "dissimilation"
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) 1.7 (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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