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plural primings
(psychology) The implicit memory effect in which exposure to a stimulus influences response to a subsequent stimulus.
A substance used as a primer. quotations examples
The spot was bright and lively now; but in winter it became necessary to place sandbags against the door, and to stuff up the keyhole against the wind and rain, which had worn the paint so thin that the priming and knotting showed through.
1888, Thomas Hardy, “An Imaginative Woman”, in Wessex Tales
The powder or other combustible used to communicate fire to a charge of gunpowder, as in a firearm. examples
The carrying over of water, with the steam, from the boiler, as into the cylinder. quotations examples
There have been failures, of course, and especially delays due to bad steaming, and, more often, priming.
1959 April, P. Ransome-Wallis, “The Southern in Trouble on the Kent Coast”, in Trains Illustrated, London: Ian Allan Publishing, page 216
present participle and gerund of prime examples