assimilability
- noun
- /əˌsɪməˈlɪbɪlɪti/
- Specialized
- Studies show that the assimilability of proteins varies depending on their source.
Examples
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The assimilability of different nutrients is crucial for maintaining a balanced diet.
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The chef focused on the assimilability of ingredients to ensure the flavors melded well.
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Perhaps minimizing sex and romance was necessary to achieve this legal protection, but Valverde wonders if increased respectability and assimilability of lesbian and gay couples was worth the twenty-first century.
Academic text (2006) -
Far from abjuring arguments based on "stock," assimilability, and homogeneity, the AFL's leaders supported literacy tests designed specifically "to reduce the numbers of Slavic and Mediterranean immigrants."
Academic text (1997)
Synonyms
1
4.9
How easy food is for the body to break down
How Assimilable
- Specialized
2
7.0
- Specialized
1
4.9
1
8.9
Surface Forms
Morphology
assimilability = assimilable (transparent) = assimilate + able + ity
The noun is formed regularly from the adjective 'assimilable' with '-ity', so the meaning is directly recoverable from the base.
Etymology
The word assimilability comes from the verb assimilate, which is built from the parts ad- 'to' and similis 'like', and it has the same root as similar. So, assimilability describes how well something, especially food, can be absorbed and 'made part of' your body and used as nourishment.