dissimilation

Definitions

1. The act of dissimilating, of making dissimilar.
   countable, uncountable
2. A dissimilatory process that supply a cell with energy only without the assimilation of nutrients.
   countable, uncountable
3. A phenomenon where one of a pair of similar adjacent consonant or vowel sounds in a word becomes less similar.
   countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“Brimstone is "properly" *brinstone, displaying an ancient careless pronunciation made respectable by being called "dissimilation".”

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