priming
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Is priming a Scrabble word?
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Definition
noun (English)
1. (botany) A form of seed planting preparation in which the seeds are presoaked in a nanoparticle solution.
2. (engineering) A harmful condition in which water is carried over from the boiler of a steam locomotive.Examples: "There have been failures, of course, and especially delays due to bad steaming, and, more often, priming."
3. (firearms) The powder or other combustible used to communicate fire to a charge of gunpowder, as in a firearm.
4. (immunology) The first contact that an antigen-specific T helper cell precursors have with an antigen.
5. (media) A cognitive process in which media information increases temporarily the accessibility of knowledge units in the memory of an individual.
6. (microbiology) The effect that a nutrient has on the rate of organic matter decomposition
Definition source: Wiktionary