Associations to the word «Priming»

Wiktionary

PRIMING, noun. (psychology) The implicit memory effect in which exposure to a stimulus influences response to a subsequent stimulus.
PRIMING, noun. A substance used as a primer.
PRIMING, noun. The powder or other combustible used to communicate fire to a charge of gunpowder, as in a firearm.
PRIMING, noun. The first coating of colour, size, etc. laid on canvas, or on a building or other surface.
PRIMING, noun. The carrying over of water, with the steam, from the boiler, as into the cylinder.
PRIMING, verb. Present participle of prime

Dictionary definition

PRIMING, noun. The act of making something ready.
PRIMING, noun. Any igniter that is used to initiate the burning of a propellant.
PRIMING, noun. The first or preliminary coat of paint or size applied to a surface.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope