Look up: shaping

1. shaping
   [n] - any process serving to define the shape of something
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2. shaping
   metal removal process with a single edged tool; the tool executes the horizontal cutting motion and workpiece executes the feed motion Category: Mechanical engineering • method of cutting spur or helical gear teeth by stroking cutter and simultaneously turning cutter and workpiece in tim...
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3. shaping
   In operant conditioning, when the operant response is not in the organism's repertoire, a procedure in which the experimenter breaks down the response into those parts which appear most frequently, begins reinforcing them, and then slowly and successively withholds the reinforcer until more and more of the operant is emitted. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
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4. shaping
   defining noun any process serving to define the shape of something
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5. shaping
   plastic adjective forming or capable of forming or molding or fashioning; `a formative influence`; `a formative experience`
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6. shaping
   (shāp´ing) a technique in behavior therapy in which new behavior is produced by providing reinforcement for progressively closer approximations of the final desired behavior. Called also successive approximation.
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7. Shaping
   • (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Shape
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8. shaping
   (from the article `elastomer`) Shaping of the mixture into the desired form takes place in several ways. Extruders are used to produce long, continuous products such as tubing, ...
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9. Shaping
   [psychology] The differential reinforcement of successive approximations, or more commonly, shaping is a conditioning procedure used primarily in the experimental analysis of behavior. It was introduced by B.F. Skinner with pigeons and extended to dogs, dolphins, humans and other species. In...
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10. shaping
    Type: Term Pronunciation: shāp′ing Definitions: 1. In operant conditioning, when the operant response is not in the organism's repertoire, a procedure in which the experimenter breaks down the response into those parts that appear most frequently, begins reinforcing them, and then slowly ...
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11. shaping
    Method in which resistant materials can be fitted together to make structures that have shape. However, shapes can be made from single pieces of material. Irregular shapes can be made in sheet material by cutting with a fret saw or a coping saw. `Tin snips` can be used to cut sheet metal into shapes. Chain drilling is a way of cutting sha...
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12. SHAPING
    In training, the gradual refining or improvement of a task or movement.
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13. SHAPING
    To grow a plant into a definite shape by means of training the laterals or by selective pinching out of the growing tips.
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14. Shaping
    The scheduling and operation of generating resources to meet seasonal and hourly load variations.
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