A person or thing which assimilates. / In algae, a filament of cells involved with photosynthesis, usually full of chloroplasts.

plural of assimilator

plural of assimilation

Capable of being assimilated; susceptible to assimilation.

The quality or degree of being assimilable.

plural of assimilability

Related to assimilation.

(US) The assimilation of a group of foreigners by absorbing them into a new culture, with the primary stated reason being that it is an act of benevolence.

(phonetics) A kind of assimilation associated with the English spoken in Yorkshire, England, where a final voiced obstruent preceding an initial voiceless obstruent is devoiced.

plural of benevolent assimilation