Assimilation (from Latin assimilatio; "to render similar") may refer to more than one article:

• Assimilation (linguistics), a linguistic process by which a sound becomes similar to an adjacent sound.
• Assimilation (biology), the conversion of nutrient into the fluid or solid substance of the body, by the processes of digestion and absorption.
• Cultural assimilation, the process whereby a minority group gradually adopts the customs and attitudes of the prevailing culture. For cultural assimilation of Native Americans in the United States see Americanization (of Native Americans).

Assimilation is a regular and frequent sound change process by which a phoneme changes to match an adjacent phoneme in a word. ... This article or section is in need of attention from an expert on the subject. ... Cultural assimilation (often called merely assimilation) is an intense process of consistent integration whereby members of an ethno-cultural group, typically immigrants, or other minority groups, are absorbed into an established, generally larger community. ... Americanization refers to the policies of the United States government and public opinion that there is a standard set of cultural values that should be held in common by all citizens. ...

See also

• Assimilation (Star Trek), process used by the fictional Star Trek Borg race to integrate a being into their collective structure
• The Zerg method of evolving, also called infest(ing)
• Media and ethnicity
• Accommodation
• In psychoanalysis, a mutual penetration of conscious and unconscious contents
• In computer science, the modification of anti-virus software to detect a new virus
• In typesetting, the symmetry property possessed in varying degrees by a typeface that creates mirror relationships and other similarities of form between letters
• In Superman the method of being stab or injected with kryptonite

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