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 Definitions of Imprinting  [ɪmˈprɪn tɪŋ]  

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Definition of 'Imprinting' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) imprinting
rapid learning that occurs during a brief receptive period, typically in early life, and that establishes a long-lasting behavioral response to a specific individual, object, or category of stimuli, as attachment to a parent or preference for a type of habitat.

Etymology:  (1937; trans. of G Prägung, K. Lorenz's term)

Definition of 'Imprinting' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) imprinting
a learning process in early life whereby species specific patterns of behavior are established
Definition of 'Imprinting' Webster Dictionary 

1.  Imprinting
of Imprint

'Imprinting' - Nearby Entries  

impressment  imprimatur  imprint  imprinting  imprison  imprisoned  imprisonment  



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