assorbimento

Definitions of assorbimento
  1. noun
    the social process of absorbing one cultural group into harmony with another
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    types:
    occidentalizzazione
    assimilation of Western culture; the social process of becoming familiar with or converting to the customs and practices of Western civilization
  2. noun
    (chemistry) a process in which one substance permeates another; a fluid permeates or is dissolved by a liquid or solid
  3. noun
    (physics) the process in which incident radiated energy is retained without reflection or transmission on passing through a medium
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    type of:
    azione, processo naturale, radioattività
    a process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings)
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