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incidental learning

learning that is not premeditated, deliberate, or intentional and that is acquired as a result of some other, possibly unrelated, mental activity. Some theorists believe that much learning takes place without any intention to learn, occurring incidentally to other cognitive processing of information. Also called nonintentional learning. See also latent learning. Compare intentional learning.

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nucleolus

n. (pl. nucleoli) a structure within a cell’s nucleus that is the site of assembly of ribosomes. —nucleolar adj.