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the process by which something, as a word or custom, is adopted or absorbed
- borrowingsthe process by which something, as a word or custom, is adopted or absorbed
- corruptionThe process by which something, typically a word or expression, is changed from its original use or meaning to one that is regarded as erroneous or debased
- corruptionsThe process by which something, typically a word or expression, is changed from its original use or meaning to one that is regarded as erroneous or debased
- borrowingsthe result of such a process; something borrowed, as a foreign word or phrase or a custom
- absorptionThe process or action by which one thing absorbs or is absorbed by another
- absorptionsThe process or action by which one thing absorbs or is absorbed by another
- saturationsThe degree or extent to which something is dissolved or absorbed compared with the maximum possible, usually expressed as a percentage
- saturationThe degree or extent to which something is dissolved or absorbed compared with the maximum possible, usually expressed as a percentage
- oned as a function word to indicate a time frame during which something takes place a parade on Sunday or an instant, action, or occurrence when something begins or is done on cue on arriving home, I found your letter news on the hour cash on delivery
- sandhimodification of the sound of a morpheme (as a word or affix) conditioned by syntactic context in which it is uttered (as pronunciation of -ed as d in glazed and as in paced or occurrence of a in a cow and of an in an old cow)
- diffractionsThe process by which a beam of light or other system of waves is spread out as a result of passing through a narrow aperture or across an edge, typically accompanied by interference between the wave forms produced
- diffractionThe process by which a beam of light or other system of waves is spread out as a result of passing through a narrow aperture or across an edge, typically accompanied by interference between the wave forms produced
- chromatographya process in which a chemical mixture carried by a liquid or gas is separated into components as a result of differential distribution of the solutes as they flow around or over a stationary liquid or solid phase
- mechanismA natural or established process by which something takes place or is brought about
- mechanismsA natural or established process by which something takes place or is brought about
- metonymsA word, name, or expression used as a substitute for something else with which it is closely associated. For example, Washington is a metonym for the federal government of the U.S
- resorptionThe process or action by which something is reabsorbed
- synonymword or phrase that by association is held to embody something (as a concept or quality) a tyrant whose name has become a synonym for oppression
- calquesloan translation, esp. one resulting from bilingual interference in which the internal structure of a borrowed word or phrase is maintained but its morphemes are replaced by those of the native language, as German halbinsel for peninsula
- calqueloan translation, esp. one resulting from bilingual interference in which the internal structure of a borrowed word or phrase is maintained but its morphemes are replaced by those of the native language, as German halbinsel for peninsula
- calquedloan translation, esp. one resulting from bilingual interference in which the internal structure of a borrowed word or phrase is maintained but its morphemes are replaced by those of the native language, as German halbinsel for peninsula
- synesisa grammatical construction in which the inflection or form of a word is conditioned by the meaning rather than the syntax, as for example the plural form have with the singular noun group in the sentence the group have already assembled