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 ...

antecedent

Language; Grammar

An antecedent is a word, phrase or clause that determines what a pronoun that follows refers to.

adjunct

Language; Grammar

A type of adverbial indicating the circumstances of the action. Adjuncts may be obligatory or optional. They express such relations as time, place, manner, reason, condition, i.e. ...

lexical item

Language; Grammar

A lexical item is a unit of language representing a particular area of meaning which has a unique pattern of co-occurrence with other lexical items. It cannot always be identified ...

press

Language; Grammar

According to Merriam-Webster, when "press" is used in a journalistic context it can refer to "news reporters, publishers, and broadcasters." However, when used as a verb, "press" ...

prefix

Language; Grammar

A prefix consists of letters placed before a word in order to form a new word. Common prefixes in the English language include: un-, dis-, pre-, post-, and en-. For example, the ...

suffix

Language; Grammar

A suffix is a letter or letters added tothe end of a word to modify its meaning. One common suffix is -s or -es, used to change a noun from singular to plural. An example would ...