Definition of Dissimilation. Meaning of Dissimilation. Synonyms of Dissimilation

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Definition of Dissimilation

Dissimilation
Dissimilation Dis*sim`i*la"tion, n. The act of making dissimilar. --H. Sweet.

Meaning of Dissimilation from wikipedia

- linguistics, dissimilation is a phenomenon whereby similar consonants or vowels in a word become less similar. In English, dissimilation is particularly...
- Indo-European. (For example, *ségʰō > *hekʰō > ἔχω /ékʰɔː/ "I have", with dissimilation of *h...kʰ, but the ****ure tense *ségʰ-sō > ἕξω /hék-sɔː/ "I will have"...
- undergo certain types of phonological changes such as ****imilation, dissimilation and metathesis. Most languages have at least one liquid in their phonemic...
- later one. Dissimilation is usually a sporadic phenomenon, but Gr****mann's Law (in Sanskrit and Gr****) exemplifies a systematic dissimilation. If the change...
- Mingrelian, or Megrelian (მარგალური ნინა, margaluri nina) is a Kartvelian language spoken in Western Georgia (regions of Mingrelia and Abkhazia), primarily...
- h between vowels. Verner's law in Proto-Germanic. Gr****mann's law (dissimilation of aspirates) independently in Proto-Gr**** and Proto-Indo-Iranian. The...
- honorem. Another form of rhotacism in Latin was dissimilation of d to r before another d and dissimilation of l to r before another l, resulting in pairs...
- comes about by analogy with "January" (/ˈdʒæn.ju-/ ), as well as by a dissimilation effect whereby having two "r"s close to each other causes one to change...
- French language replaced late Vulgar Latin in the area, Cenom****, with dissimilation, became known as Celmins. Cel- was taken to be a form of the French...
- descends to Gr**** as ph-. This difficulty can be overcome by presuming a dissimilation from the -th- in pérthein, which the Gr****s would have preferred from...