The Phalanx assimilates it and transforms into a large, spherical shape, confusing the assembled group. It also automatically assimilates some consonants within words. Because it phonetically assimilates into sound , no ambiguity is caused. Before other stops and fricatives, it assimilates, creating an effect of gemination. Japanization is the process by which Japanese culture dominates, assimilates, or influences other cultures. Commercialism is portrayed as a monoculture that assimilates originality. An allegory for French colonialism, Babar easily assimilates himself into the bourgeois lifestyle. Marxism is valuable in literature only to the extent that the writer assimilates it. Class 9 and 10 have a nasal prefix, which assimilates to the following consonant. The prefix completely assimilates with the initial handshape of the number. It assimilates to the following consonant&colon; /ns, nc, mb/ etc. Despite his religious upbringing he eventually assimilates into a more moderate lifestyle. This example also illustrates that () assimilates to following , creating gemination. After Neo leaves, a large group of Smiths assimilates Sati and Seraph. The Nanosuit then assimilates Prophet's memories into Alcatraz.