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1. Priming
   [steam engine] Priming (foaming in North America) is a condition in the boiler of a steam engine in which water is carried over into the steam delivery. It may be caused by impurities in the water, which foams up as it boils, or simply too high a water level. It is harmful to the valves and ...
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2. Priming
   [science] Priming is a cleaning and preparation process that involves cleaning scientific equipment with the same liquid chemical it will come into contact with during the experiment. During scientific experiments that require high levels of accuracy and involve liquid chemicals, the equipme...
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3. Priming
   [agriculture] Priming in botany and agriculture is a form of seed planting preparation in which the seeds are pre-soaked before planting. Priming is not an extremely widely-used method. In general, most kinds of seeds experimented with so far have shown an overall advantage over seeds that a...
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4. Priming
   [media] Priming is a theory in which the activation of one thought may trigger related thoughts. The priming theory states that media images stimulate related thoughts in the minds of audience members. For example, if a person were to see a cartoon character play a trick that inflicts pain o...
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5. Priming
   A term to designate the harvesting of ripe tobacco leaves from the stalk as they ripen, beginning at the bottom and progressing upward.
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6. priming
   [n] - the act of making something ready
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7. Priming
   The act of pre-exposing subjects to memory test material prior to the memory test proper being applied. This might involve something as simple as deliberately pre-using items from a word list prior to the delivery of that list (item priming), or of pre-presenting semantically related items (semantic
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8. priming
   when high water occurs before the time of moon`s transit; (the opposite to lagging); tides prime from springs to neaps Category: The cosmos • the first letting out of water into a canal and gradually filling it to designed or desired capacity; it may be the absolute first or the seasonal...
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9. Priming
   Sealing of a porous surface so that compounds will not stain, lose elasticity, shrink excessively, etc. because of loss of oil or vehicle into the surround.
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10. priming
    Treatment that does not in itself elicit a response from a system but that induces a greater capacity to respond to a second stimulus.
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11. Priming
    Prim'ing noun 1. The powder or other combustible used to communicate fire to a charge of gunpowder, as in a firearm. 2. (Paint.) The first coating of color, size, or the like, laid on canvas, or on a building, or other surface.
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12. priming
    Treatment that does not in itself elicit a response from a system but that induces a greater capacity to respond to a second stimulus. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...
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13. Priming
    • (n.) The carrying over of water, with the steam, from the boiler, as into the cylinder. • (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Prime • (n.) The first coating of color, size, or the like, laid on canvas, or on a building, or other surface. • (n.) The powder or other combustible used to communic...
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14. PRIMING
    Sealing of a porous surface so that compounds will not stain, lose elasticity, shrink excessively, etc. because of loss of oil or vehicle into the surround.
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15. priming
    
    • the act of making something ready
    • any igniter by which an explosive charge is ignited
    • the first or preliminary coat of paint or size applied to a surface
    
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16. priming
    charging storage elements to a potential suitable for writing
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17. priming
    The selective portrayal of political events and personalities by the media which in turn affects public opinion.
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18. Priming
    The method of adding a small amount of fermentable sugar prior to bottling to give the beer carbonation.
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19. Priming
    Addition of sugar to promote a secondary fermentation.
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20. Priming
    [immunology] The first contact of a T or B cell with its specific antigen is called priming and causes differentiation into effector T or B cells (cytotoxic, cytokine, antibody). ...
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21. Priming
    [psychology] Priming is an implicit memory effect in which exposure to a stimulus influences a response to a later stimulus. It can occur following perceptual, semantic, or conceptual stimulus repetition. For example, if a person reads a list of words including the word table, and is later a...
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