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DISASSIMILATION

Definition: DISASSIMILATION

DISASSIMILATION

Noun

1. The decomposition of complex substances, within the organism, into simpler ones suitable only for excretion, with evolution of energy, -- a normal nutritional process the reverse of assimilation; downward metabolism.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 


Crosswords: DISASSIMILATION

English words defined with "DISASSIMILATION": Disassimilate, Disassimilative. (references)

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Anagrams: DISASSIMILATION

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-d-i-i-i-i-l-m-n-o-s-s-s-t"

-1 letter: dissimilations.

-2 letters: assimilations, dissimilation.

-3 letters: assimilation.

-4 letters: initialisms.

-5 letters: admissions, atonalisms, dismission, initialism, moniliasis, staminodia.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: DISASSIMILATION


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

44 49 53 41 53 53 49 4D 49 4C 41 54 49 4F 4E

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

-..    ..    ...    .-    ...    ...    ..    --    ..    .-..    .-    -    ..    ---    -.

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000100 01001001 01010011 01000001 01010011 01010011 01001001 01001101 01001001 01001100 01000001 01010100 01001001 01001111 01001110

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#68 &#73 &#83 &#65 &#83 &#83 &#73 &#77 &#73 &#76 &#65 &#84 &#73 &#79 &#78

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0044 0049 0053 0041 0053 0053 0049 004D 0049 004C 0041 0054 0049 004F 004E

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

384353355353434743463554434948

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Anagrams
4. Orthography
5. Bibliography


  

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