Sidenote: Dissimilation of Words} The sense that a word covers too large a space of meaning, is the frequent occasion of the introduction of another, which shall relieve it of a portion of this.
The other is the fact that many occupative names ending in -rer lose the -er by dissimilation (Chapter III).
In the family name Hansom, for Hanson, we have dissimilation of n (see p.
The sounds most frequently affected by dissimilation are those represented by the letters l, n, and r.
Sometimes dissimilation leads to the disappearance of a consonant, e.
The female name Annabel is a dissimilation of Amabel, whence Mabel.
It is in direct contradiction to that theory which supposes that each stimulus is followed by dissimilation or break-down of the tissue, reducing its function below par.
It is assumed that in living substances like muscle, fatigue is caused by the break down or dissimilation of tissue by stimulus.
For in these cases the supposed dissimilation is followed not by a decrease but by an increase of functional activity.
Like the staircase effect, this contravenes the commonly accepted theory of the dissimilation of tissue by stimulus, and the consequent depression of response.
But that the phenomena of fatigue and recovery were not primarily dependent on dissimilation or assimilation becomes self-evident when we find exactly similar effects produced not only in plants, but also in metals (fig.
The phenomena of dissimilation have been well classified by M.
The forms with r may be due to dissimilation or to the influence of clergue.
All these normal processes of senile decay are caused by chemical changes in the plasm, in which dissimilation gains constantly on assimilation.
The whole metabolism of the living organism consists in the assimilation of plasm, or the replacing of the plasma-particles which are constantly used up by dissimilation (cf.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "dissimilation" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
