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Definition of Assimilating
1. Adjective. Capable of taking (gas, light, or liquids) into a solution. "An assimilative substance"
Similar to: Absorbent, Absorptive
Derivative terms: Assimilate, Assimilate
Definition of Assimilating
1. Verb. (present participle of assimilate) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Assimilating
1. assimilate [v] - See also: assimilate
Literary usage of Assimilating
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Gray's Botanical Text-book by Asa Gray (1885)
"But in many cases the primary axis itself and the secondary and other axes (branches)
may have a considerable share of the proper assimilating tissue of the ..."
2. Physiological Botany by George Lincoln ( Goodale (1890)
"Assimilation takes place only under the following conditions : (1) The assimilating
organ must contain living chlorophyll or its equivalent; (~2) water and ..."
3. Journal of the Royal Microscopical Society by Royal Microscopical Society, London (1882)
"assimilating Tissue.J—G. Haberlandt supports the view of Schwendener that the
structure and arrangement of the cells which constitute the assimilating ..."
4. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"... do not possess tlio power of taking up by their leaves and of assimilating
the free nitrogen of the air. This conclusion lias been verified by the ..."
5. The Annual Register edited by Edmund Burke (1853)
"... Mr. Disraeli—The Motion is rejected by 244 to 89—Mr. Locke King renews his
former Motion for assimilating the Franchise in Counties to that in Borough. ..."
6. The Christian and Civic Economy of Large Towns by Thomas Chalmers (1900)
"THE CHRISTIAN AND CIVIC ECONOMY OP LARGE TOWNS VOLUME I CHAPTER I THE ADVANTAGE
AND POSSIBILITY OF assimilating A TOWN TO A COUNTRY PARISH THERE are two ..."
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