English Explanatory Dictionary

imprinting

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any kind of phase-sensitive learning (learning occurring at a particular age or a particular life stage) that is rapid and apparently independent of the consequences of behavior.
verb
  1. present participle and gerund of imprint

Word forms

imprinting imprintings

Derived words

bioimprinting misimprinting sexual imprinting
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