Assimilation

According to Piaget, the process whereby new cognitive elements are fitted in with old elements or modified to fit more easily; this process works in tandem with accommodation.

assimilation

Anthropology; Cultural anthropology

The absorption of an individual or minority group of people into another society or group. This is achieved by learning and adopting the cultural traditions of the society to ...

assimilation

Physics; Color science

A perceptual phenomenon in which the color of an area is perceived as closer to the color of the surround than it would if viewed in isolation. Assimilation occurs with stimuli ...

early modern English

Language; Linguistics

refers to the stage of the English language used from about the end of the Middle English period (the latter half of the 1400s) to 1650. Thus, the first edition of the King James ...

old English

Language; Linguistics

Old English (also called Anglo-Saxon and English) is an early form of the English language that was spoken in parts of what is now England and southern Scotland between the ...

middle English

Language; Linguistics

Middle English is the name given by historical linguistics to the diverse forms of the English language spoken between the Norman invasion of 1066 and the mid-to-late 15th ...

anglophone

Language; Linguistics

The adjective anglophone means English-speaking, usually as a primary language, and can refer to people, groups or places.

francophone

Language; Linguistics

The adjective francophone means French-speaking, usually as a primary language and can refer to people, groups or places.

Sinosphere

Language; Linguistics

The linguistic term Sinosphere refers to a grouping of countries and regions that are currently inhabited with a majority of Chinese population of were historically under Chinese ...

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Facebook tracking

The tracking of users' online activities once they have visited a Facebook site even after they are logged off from Facebook's main site. The Facebook ...