"imprinting" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: imprintings [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} imprinting (countable and uncountable, plural imprintings)
  1. (psychology, 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. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Ethology, Psychology, Ethology Derived forms: misimprinting, sexual imprinting
    Sense id: en-imprinting-en-noun-Qa13Z9jm Disambiguation of Ethology: 62 38 Topics: human-sciences, psychology, sciences

Verb

Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} imprinting
  1. present participle and gerund of imprint Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: imprint
    Sense id: en-imprinting-en-verb-ax8Z1UV~ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 23 77 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 22 78

Inflected forms

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