imprinting

• Processus d'apprentissage survenant à un stade précoce du développement, par lequel certaines espèces animales établissent des modèles de comportement spécifiques, notamment l'attachement à un parent ou à un substitut.

A learning process occurring early in life through which specific patterns of behavior, characteristic of a species, are established.

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1. Early learning processC1formalscientific

   A rapid learning process occurring early in life, during which an animal establishes species-specific patterns of behavior, such as attachment to a parent or recognition of its own kind.

   empreinte

   • Imprinting in geese was famously studied by Konrad Lorenz.
   • The duckling followed the first moving object it saw, demonstrating imprinting.
   • Imprinting helps young animals recognize their parents and learn survival skills.

• Verbe utilisé pour désigner l'action de marquer, d'imprimer un motif ou des informations sur une surface, ou de graver quelque chose dans l'esprit ou la mémoire.

A verb used to indicate the act of marking or impressing a design, pattern, or information onto a surface, or of fixing something firmly in the mind.

1. Fix firmly in the mindB2formal

   To establish or impress something firmly in someone's memory or consciousness.

   Graver dans l'esprit

   • The teacher's words were imprinted on her memory forever.
   • The traumatic event imprinted itself deeply in his mind.
   • She tried to imprint the instructions in her brain before the exam.

   Synonymesembedengraveetchimpressinculcateingrainstamp

2. B1formal

   To mark or stamp a surface by applying pressure, often leaving a visible impression.

   Imprimer, marquer

   • The machine imprints the logo onto each product.
   • He imprinted the document with an official seal.
   • The artist imprinted her signature on the clay sculpture.

   Synonymesembossengraveetchimpressmarkprintstamp