Priming may refer to: * Priming (agriculture), a form of seed planting preparation, in which seeds are soaked before planting * Priming (immunology), a process occurring when a specific antigen is presented to naive lymphocytes causing them to differentiate either into armed effector cells or into memory cells * Priming (media), a cognitive process in which media information increases temporarily the accessibility of knowledge units in the memory of an individual * Priming (microbiology), the effect that nutrients have on the rate of organic matter decomposition. *

Priming (psychology) Priming is a concept in psychology and psycholinguistics to describe how exposure to one stimulus may influence a response to a subsequent stimulus, without conscious guidance or intention. The priming effect is the positive or negative effect of ...

, a process in which the processing of a target stimulus is aided or altered by the presentation of a previously presented stimulus * Priming (steam locomotive), a harmful condition in which water is carried over from the boiler of a steam locomotive * Priming (structural) in psycholinguistics, a form of positive priming that induces a tendency to repeat or more easily process a sentence that is similar in structure to one previously presented * Priming beta-ketosynthase in chemistry, a domain of polyketide synthases with a thiol group on a cysteine side-chain * The process by which a

pump A pump is a device that moves fluids (liquids or gases), or sometimes Slurry, slurries, by mechanical action, typically converted from electrical energy into hydraulic or pneumatic energy. Mechanical pumps serve in a wide range of application ...

is filled with fluid and made able to operate * Priming the pump or economic stimulus, attempts to use monetary or fiscal policy to stimulate the economy * Priming sugar or glucose, a simple monosaccharide found in plants

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