priming

IPA: prˈaɪmɪŋ

(psychology) The implicit memory effect in which exposure to a stimulus influences response to a subsequent stimulus.
A substance used as a primer.
The powder or other combustible used to communicate fire to a charge of gunpowder, as in a firearm.
The carrying over of water, with the steam, from the boiler, as into the cylinder.

Examples of "priming" in Sentences

This unconscious and automatic phenomenon is known as priming.
What I have seen is about as fine in grain as what we call priming powder in the navy.
Effects such as warm hands leading to the perception of a warm heart are called "priming."
The oil used in priming materials caused the coloring material to ferment and the canvas to rot.
Give us fair freight rates and keep out subsidies; most of these hot house industries will fail as soon as the pump priming is finished.
The elite take great pains and pride in priming their bodies and minds for the grueling six-month gantlet required of a brutal, collision sport.
Saying that Keynesian pump-priming is like trickle-down theory is like saying that modern surgical practice is like Medieval theory of bodily humors.
Mr. MacQueen also said the Fed's monetary stimulus is likely to prevent deflation and that the pump-priming from the central bank, which has fueled a selloff in the U.S. dollar, raises the risks of longer-term inflation.