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imprinting

imprinting noun: 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. Also the present participle and gerund of imprint.

Noun

imprinting (countable and uncountable, plural imprintings)

  1. (ethology) 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.

Also used as

imprinting is also the present participle and gerund of imprint.

Forms of imprinting

pluralimprintings

Words formed from imprinting

Phrases with imprinting

Questions about imprinting

What does imprinting mean?
Imprinting means 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.
What part of speech is imprinting?
Imprinting is a noun.
What is the plural of imprinting?
The plural of imprinting is imprintings.

Words near imprinting in the dictionary

  1. imprinter
  2. imprinters
  3. imprintery
  4. imprintest
  5. imprinteth
  6. imprinting
  7. imprinting on
  8. imprintings
  9. imprintome
  10. imprintomes
  11. imprints

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