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Definition of Imprinting

1. Noun. A learning process in early life whereby species specific patterns of behavior are established.

Definition of Imprinting

1. Noun. (context: 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. ¹

2. Verb. (present participle of imprint) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Imprinting

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Imprinting

1. 1. A remarkable genetic phenomenon. The gist is that gene expression depends on the sex of the transmitting parent. There is, for example, increased severity of neurofibromatosis when the gene for it came from the mother. 2. A particular kind of learning characterised by occurrence in very early life, rapidity of acquisition, and relative insusceptibility to forgetting or extinction. Imprinted behaviour includes most (or all) behaviour commonly called instinctive, but imprinting is used purely descriptively. (04 Jul 1999)

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Literary usage of Imprinting

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Supreme Court Reporter by Robert Desty, United States Supreme Court, West Publishing Company (1906)
"And that the costs of this suit be borne by the state of Mississippi. (202 US 168) UNITED STATES, Appt., v. MILLIKEN Imprinting COMPANY. 1. ..."

2. A Dictionary of the Art of Printing by William Savage (1841)
"... defaced and made unserviceable for imprinting for ever; and shall also suffer twelve moneths imprisonment without bayle or ..."

3. The Future of Arid Grasslands: Identifying Issues, Seeking Solutions edited by Barbara Tellman (1999)
"Poorly designed imprinting roller. 2. Prior till age for weed and brush control. 3. ... Operating imprinter in wet soil that sticks to the imprinting teeth. ..."

4. A Dictionary of Printers and Printing: With the Progress of Literature by Charles Henry Timperley (1839)
"Item, That no printer, nor other person or persons whatsoever, that hath sett up anye presse, or instrument, for imprinting within sixe moneths last past, ..."

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